The Resource The great romantic : cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus, Duncan Hamilton
The great romantic : cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus, Duncan Hamilton
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- Summary
- Neville Cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his bat. Between two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with words. In 'The Great Romantic', award-winning author Duncan Hamilton demonstrates how Cardus changed sports journalism for ever. While popularising cricket - while appealing, in Cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at Lord's'- he became a star in his own right with exquisite phrase-making, disdain for statistics and a penchant for literary and musical allusions. Among those who venerated Cardus were PG Wodehouse, John Arlott, Harold Pinter, JB Priestley and Don Bradman. However, behind the rhapsody in blue skies, green grass and colourful characters, this richly evocative biography finds that Cardus' mother was a prostitute, he never knew his father and he received negligible education
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The great romantic : cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus
- Title
- The great romantic
- Title remainder
- cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus
- Statement of responsibility
- Duncan Hamilton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Neville Cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his bat. Between two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with words. In 'The Great Romantic', award-winning author Duncan Hamilton demonstrates how Cardus changed sports journalism for ever. While popularising cricket - while appealing, in Cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at Lord's'- he became a star in his own right with exquisite phrase-making, disdain for statistics and a penchant for literary and musical allusions. Among those who venerated Cardus were PG Wodehouse, John Arlott, Harold Pinter, JB Priestley and Don Bradman. However, behind the rhapsody in blue skies, green grass and colourful characters, this richly evocative biography finds that Cardus' mother was a prostitute, he never knew his father and he received negligible education
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hamilton, Duncan
- Dewey number
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- 070.4'49796'092
- 070.4'49796'092
- 070.4'49796'092
- 070.4'49796'092
- 070.449796092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cardus, Neville
- Sportswriters
- Music critics
- Cricket
- Biography
- Label
- The great romantic : cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus, Duncan Hamilton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781473661837
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxix, 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9781473661837
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- Label
- The great romantic : cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus, Duncan Hamilton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781473661837
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxix, 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9781473661837
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
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