Play Up and Play the Game

The Heroes of Popular Fiction

Patrick Howarth

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14 December 2024

Literary theory; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Literary companions; Children's literature studies: general

Series: Routledge Revivals

Play Up and Play the Game (1973) examines the type of fictional hero most embodied in the work and character, poetry and philosophy of Sir Henry Newbolt. ‘Newbolt Man’, imbued with the spirit of fairplay, loyalty, fearlessness, conformity (while remaining slightly philistine and sexless), can be traced in the work of Rider Haggard, Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Anthony Hope and P.C. Wren. The book traces his development from the Victorian schoolboy (Tom Brown’s School Days and Kipling) to the twentieth-century secret agent (Buchan’s Richard Hannay), and on to his demise in Sheriff’s Journey’s End and Aldington’s Death of a Hero.

By: Patrick Howarth
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032499024
ISBN 10: 1032499028
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 14 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Adult education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction – The Nature of Newbolt Man. 1. Christian Socialism and Muscular Christianity 2. Penny Dreadfuls and the Ballantyne Boy 3. Schoolboy Story Heroes 4. Boy Heroes and Imperial History 5. Newbolt Man and the Historical Novels of Adventure 6. White Man’s Burden 7. Detectives, Secret Agents and Demobilized Officers 8. The Aftermath of War 9. Newbolt Man: Reality and Summary