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 175
... appeared in print . In this pamphlet , the Major proudly referred to the legal document in his possession . It was the last piece to be added to the boxed tennis sets that had been ready for delivery at Messrs French and Co. in Churton ...
... appeared in print . In this pamphlet , the Major proudly referred to the legal document in his possession . It was the last piece to be added to the boxed tennis sets that had been ready for delivery at Messrs French and Co. in Churton ...
Page 387
... appeared in Lawn Tennis and Croquet , see ' Mr. A.C. Voigt ' , p . 43 : ' my present home in Rotterdam ' . 153.See Paret , p . 469. In the programme of the Hamburg championship tournament of 1906 , where his name appears on the list of ...
... appeared in Lawn Tennis and Croquet , see ' Mr. A.C. Voigt ' , p . 43 : ' my present home in Rotterdam ' . 153.See Paret , p . 469. In the programme of the Hamburg championship tournament of 1906 , where his name appears on the list of ...
Page 396
... appeared in Der Lawn- Tennis - Sport 3 ( 1906 ) , no . 19 , 2 August 1906 , p . 267f . This is confirmed by a programme in the English language of the Hamburg tournament of 1906 , preserved in the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum which ...
... appeared in Der Lawn- Tennis - Sport 3 ( 1906 ) , no . 19 , 2 August 1906 , p . 267f . This is confirmed by a programme in the English language of the Hamburg tournament of 1906 , preserved in the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum which ...
Contents
the monks racket | 1 |
The tennis games of the Middle Ages | 35 |
The language of tennis | 84 |
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