“Dopp looks closely at hockey myths but not solely to debunk them. Hockey on the Moon offers a conversation in the best sense. This is hockey talk that works across the aisle.”
—Jason Blake, author of Canadian Hockey Literature
Authors
- DOI
- 1
- Pages
- 330
- Published in
- Athabasca, CA
- Rights
- Jamie Dopp
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half Title 2
- Title Page 4
- Copyright 5
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgements 8
- Introduction 12
- 1. Stompin’ Tom Versus Big Al: Two Imaginative Versions of the Game 22
- 2. The Fighting Soul of Hockey in Ralph Connor’s Glengarry School Days 42
- 3. Hugh MacLennan and the Two Solitudes of Hockey 58
- 4. Boys on the Defensive: The Hockey Myth in Scott Young 74
- 5. Belief and Doubt in Roch Carrier’s “The Hockey Sweater" 98
- 6. Haunted by Bill Spunska: Roy MacGregor’s The Last Season 126
- 7. Blarney’s Version: The Comic Spirit of Hockey in Paul Quarrington’s King Leary 148
- 8. Hockey as a Gateway to the Underworld in Wayne Johnston’s The Divine Ryans 176
- 9. Playing with the Hero in Richard Harrison’s Hero of the Play 202
- 10. Hockey, Zen, and the Art of Bill Gaston’s The Good Body 222
- 11. Cara Hedley’s Twenty Miles and the Challenge of the Hockey Barbie 240
- 12. The Faustian Bargain of the Athlete-Hero in Randall Maggs’s Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems 260
- 13. Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse: Reimagining the Home Game 284
- Conclusion: Return to the Moon 308
- Publication Credits 314
- Index 316
- A 316
- B 316
- C 317
- D 318
- E 319
- F 319
- G 320
- H 320
- I 322
- J 322
- K 322
- L 323
- M 323
- N 325
- O 326
- P 326
- Q 327
- R 327
- S 328
- T 329
- V 330
- W 330
- Y 331
- Z 331
