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Cricket A Reader's Guide
An introductory essay followed by a selective cricket bibliography that was published by Cambridge University Press for the National Book League.
20 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1950
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John Arlott
144 books7 followersLeslie Thomas John Arlott was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match Special. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he became a cricket commentator noted for his "wonderful gift for evoking cricketing moments" by the BBC.
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April 3, 2010
John Arlott writes a splendid introductory essay on cricket book collecting before appending a selective bibliography that represented, at the time, what he considered the best in cricket literature.
It is very definitely a period piece that does reflect the tastes of the cricket reading public at that time. Whether it would reflect the tastes of today is open to question and I doubt that it would.
For example, he includes, quite rightly, a number of titles by one of the doyens of cricket writers Neville Cardus who is, sadly, little read today. Arlott perceptively sees that such could be the case for he does go so far as to state under the Cardus titles in the bibliography, "The earlier books incline sometimes to lushness of style ..." which is quite true but does not in any way detract from their literary value. But Cardus is not de rigeur today.
However, there is no better enjoyment than browsing lists of books in a bibliography, especially when they have perceptive comments alongside them.
It is very definitely a period piece that does reflect the tastes of the cricket reading public at that time. Whether it would reflect the tastes of today is open to question and I doubt that it would.
For example, he includes, quite rightly, a number of titles by one of the doyens of cricket writers Neville Cardus who is, sadly, little read today. Arlott perceptively sees that such could be the case for he does go so far as to state under the Cardus titles in the bibliography, "The earlier books incline sometimes to lushness of style ..." which is quite true but does not in any way detract from their literary value. But Cardus is not de rigeur today.
However, there is no better enjoyment than browsing lists of books in a bibliography, especially when they have perceptive comments alongside them.
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