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 300
... Ritchie defended his title against Curt von Wessely , a young , promising , dark - haired and smart - looking Austrian from Prague , against whose southernly temperament he pitted his thoroughbred Englishness , which tempted an unknown ...
... Ritchie defended his title against Curt von Wessely , a young , promising , dark - haired and smart - looking Austrian from Prague , against whose southernly temperament he pitted his thoroughbred Englishness , which tempted an unknown ...
Page 302
... Ritchie . In the opinion of many , Froitzheim had even greater potential than Baron Gottfried von Cramm in the 1930s . at the commencement that Ritchie meant to win the first set , and it was equally evident that Froitzheim was eager ...
... Ritchie . In the opinion of many , Froitzheim had even greater potential than Baron Gottfried von Cramm in the 1930s . at the commencement that Ritchie meant to win the first set , and it was equally evident that Froitzheim was eager ...
Page 408
... Ritchie's match entertained a view which was very different from popular opinion on the Englishman's alleged calmness : Ritchie's tennis vices and assets are known . He will hardly doublefault fewer than five times in any match , but ...
... Ritchie's match entertained a view which was very different from popular opinion on the Englishman's alleged calmness : Ritchie's tennis vices and assets are known . He will hardly doublefault fewer than five times in any match , but ...
Contents
the monks racket | 1 |
The tennis games of the Middle Ages | 35 |
The language of tennis | 84 |
Copyright | |
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