Screen LibraryHaunts of the black masseur : the swimmer as hero /
"Haunts of the black masseur is a dazzling introduction to the great swimming heroes: Byron leaping into the surf at Shelley's beach funeral, Hart Crane, swallow-diving to his death in the Bay of Mexico, Ulysses, Leander, Weismuller and many more. In lively prose bursting with anecdote, Ch...
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Vintage,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2018. ©1992 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Vintage classics
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| Summary: |
"Haunts of the black masseur is a dazzling introduction to the great swimming heroes: Byron leaping into the surf at Shelley's beach funeral, Hart Crane, swallow-diving to his death in the Bay of Mexico, Ulysses, Leander, Weismuller and many more. In lively prose bursting with anecdote, Charles Sprawson leads us into a watery world populated by lithe demi-Gods -- one that has obsessed humans from the ancient Greeks and Romans, to Yeats, Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald and David Hockney." --Publisher description. |
| Item Description: |
Includes index. Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 319 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780099577249 (paperback) : 0099577240 (paperback) |
| CLC: | G861.109 |
| Call Number: | G861.109/S767 |