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 376
... von Fichard , 1894 annual , p . 45 . 47. See von Fichard , loc . cit . The Lawn Tennis Club ' Rot - Weiss ' , credited in most handbooks with being Germany's oldest club , is the continuator of the International LTC , and was founded ...
... von Fichard , 1894 annual , p . 45 . 47. See von Fichard , loc . cit . The Lawn Tennis Club ' Rot - Weiss ' , credited in most handbooks with being Germany's oldest club , is the continuator of the International LTC , and was founded ...
Page 385
... von Fichard , annual of 1894 , p . 83 , and ' Hamburg ' , Pastime , 28 September 1892 , p . 201. The English journal is not quite accurate as to the date . According to von Fichard , the final of the championship of Germany was ...
... von Fichard , annual of 1894 , p . 83 , and ' Hamburg ' , Pastime , 28 September 1892 , p . 201. The English journal is not quite accurate as to the date . According to von Fichard , the final of the championship of Germany was ...
Page 418
... Fichard , R. Baron von , ' Deutsches Lawn- Tennis - Jahrbuch 1902 ' , in Sport im Wort , no . 17 ( 1902 ) , Friday , 25 April 1902 , p . 220f . Fichard , R. Baron von , ' Lawn - Tennis in Germany ' , in Pastime , 16 April 1890 , p . 245 .
... Fichard , R. Baron von , ' Deutsches Lawn- Tennis - Jahrbuch 1902 ' , in Sport im Wort , no . 17 ( 1902 ) , Friday , 25 April 1902 , p . 220f . Fichard , R. Baron von , ' Lawn - Tennis in Germany ' , in Pastime , 16 April 1890 , p . 245 .
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the monks racket | 1 |
The tennis games of the Middle Ages | 35 |
The language of tennis | 84 |
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