David Snowdon completed his PhD at Newcastle University in 2008. He was employed as academic tutor at Sunderland University, where he lectured on Victorian literature. He continues, in an independent capacity, to undertake further scholarly research and to maintain Eganesque multimedia resources including a website, www.pierce-egan.co.uk.

"Snowdon's Writing the Prizefight is sports history of a high order." (Scott A.G.M. Crawford, Journal of Sports History 2014)

• Contents: The Rise in Popularity of Pugilism and its Reporting – Flash!: The Language of the Metropolis and the Prize Ring – Sporting Theatre: Spectacle and Social Dynamics – The Nation - Military and Moral – Enlivening Reality: The Egan Touch – Post-Fight Observations.

David Snowdon completed his PhD at Newcastle University in 2008. He was employed as academic tutor at Sunderland University, where he lectured on Victorian literature. He continues, in an independent capacity, to undertake further scholarly research and to maintain Eganesque multimedia resources including a website, www.pierce-egan.co.uk.

"Snowdon's Writing the Prizefight is sports history of a high order." (Scott A.G.M. Crawford, Journal of Sports History 2014)

• Contents: The Rise in Popularity of Pugilism and its Reporting – Flash!: The Language of the Metropolis and the Prize Ring – Sporting Theatre: Spectacle and Social Dynamics – The Nation - Military and Moral – Enlivening Reality: The Egan Touch – Post-Fight Observations.

David Snowdon completed his PhD at Newcastle University in 2008. He was employed as academic tutor at Sunderland University, where he lectured on Victorian literature. He continues, in an independent capacity, to undertake further scholarly research and to maintain Eganesque multimedia resources including a website, www.pierce-egan.co.uk.

"Snowdon's Writing the Prizefight is sports history of a high order." (Scott A.G.M. Crawford, Journal of Sports History 2014)

• Contents: The Rise in Popularity of Pugilism and its Reporting – Flash!: The Language of the Metropolis and the Prize Ring – Sporting Theatre: Spectacle and Social Dynamics – The Nation - Military and Moral – Enlivening Reality: The Egan Touch – Post-Fight Observations.