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7 Blarney’s Version: The Comic Spirit of Hockey in Paul Quarrington’s King Leary
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Jamie Dopp
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Stompin’ Tom Versus Big Al: Two Imaginative Versions of the Game 11
- 2 The Fighting Soul of Hockey in Ralph Connor’s Glengarry School Days 31
- 3 Hugh MacLennan and the Two Solitudes of Hockey 47
- 4 Boys on the Defensive: The Hockey Myth in Scott Young 63
- 5 Belief and Doubt in Roch Carrier’s “The Hockey Sweater” 87
- 6 Haunted by Bill Spunska: Roy MacGregor’s The Last Season 115
- 7 Blarney’s Version: The Comic Spirit of Hockey in Paul Quarrington’s King Leary 137
- 8 Hockey as a Gateway to the Underworld in Wayne Johnston’s The Divine Ryans 165
- 9 Playing with the Hero in Richard Harrison’s Hero of the Play 191
- 10 Hockey, Zen, and the Art of Bill Gaston’s The Good Body 211
- 11 Cara Hedley’s Twenty Miles and the Challenge of the Hockey Barbie 229
- 12 The Faustian Bargain of the Athlete- Hero in Randall Maggs’s Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems 249
- 13 Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse: Reimagining the Home Game 273
- Conclusion: Return to the Moon 297
- Publication Credits 303
- Index 305
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Stompin’ Tom Versus Big Al: Two Imaginative Versions of the Game 11
- 2 The Fighting Soul of Hockey in Ralph Connor’s Glengarry School Days 31
- 3 Hugh MacLennan and the Two Solitudes of Hockey 47
- 4 Boys on the Defensive: The Hockey Myth in Scott Young 63
- 5 Belief and Doubt in Roch Carrier’s “The Hockey Sweater” 87
- 6 Haunted by Bill Spunska: Roy MacGregor’s The Last Season 115
- 7 Blarney’s Version: The Comic Spirit of Hockey in Paul Quarrington’s King Leary 137
- 8 Hockey as a Gateway to the Underworld in Wayne Johnston’s The Divine Ryans 165
- 9 Playing with the Hero in Richard Harrison’s Hero of the Play 191
- 10 Hockey, Zen, and the Art of Bill Gaston’s The Good Body 211
- 11 Cara Hedley’s Twenty Miles and the Challenge of the Hockey Barbie 229
- 12 The Faustian Bargain of the Athlete- Hero in Randall Maggs’s Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems 249
- 13 Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse: Reimagining the Home Game 273
- Conclusion: Return to the Moon 297
- Publication Credits 303
- Index 305