Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ311521
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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To Die at the Top: A Comparison of Housman and Updike.
Denman, Katherine L.
English Journal, v74 n2 p74-75 Feb 1985
Compares the imagery of two poems that deal with the price exacted by athletic success: John Updike's "Ex-Basketball Player" and A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young." (RBW)
Descriptors: Athletics, English Instruction, Failure, Imagery, Individual Development, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Secondary Education, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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