Tennis: A Cultural HistoryThe cover painting shows an 18th-century Italian game of tennis, and the opening chapter is intriguingly subtitled "Tennis and the Devil." Gillmeister (linguistics, U. of Bonn) provides a sociohistorical survey of this popular sport. Illustrations and photos as well as commentary trace the game from its origins as "the monk's racket" --an attenuated medieval form of football--, through Renaissance literary references to it, to its evolution as lawn tennis in America and Europe. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 177
... croquet mania , vast areas of well- trimmed croquet lawns available throughout the country . Such spare land , from a sportsman's point of view , was badly in need of exploitation . " It has often been claimed that lawn tennis owes its ...
... croquet mania , vast areas of well- trimmed croquet lawns available throughout the country . Such spare land , from a sportsman's point of view , was badly in need of exploitation . " It has often been claimed that lawn tennis owes its ...
Page 188
... Croquet Club . Founded on 23 July 1868 , " it demonstrated by its very name that it had an almost ideal predisposition to become the cradle of the game then in its infancy . On the extensive site of its three - terraced croquet lawns ...
... Croquet Club . Founded on 23 July 1868 , " it demonstrated by its very name that it had an almost ideal predisposition to become the cradle of the game then in its infancy . On the extensive site of its three - terraced croquet lawns ...
Page 362
... Croquet , titled ' The Departure of the English Team for America ' . 59. Roper Barrett commented upon this reception ... Croquet , 22 August 1900 , p . 309f . 24f . 65. See Trengove , p . 66. See Lawn Tennis and Croquet , 22 August ...
... Croquet , titled ' The Departure of the English Team for America ' . 59. Roper Barrett commented upon this reception ... Croquet , 22 August 1900 , p . 309f . 24f . 65. See Trengove , p . 66. See Lawn Tennis and Croquet , 22 August ...
Contents
the monks racket | 1 |
The tennis games of the Middle Ages | 35 |
The language of tennis | 84 |
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