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Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon
By Wilson, Elizabeth
- ISBN
- 9780226371283 9781847658784
- Publisher
- Univ. of Chicago
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Reviewed on March 15, 2016 | Arts and Humanities
Novelist Wilson (The Sphinx in the City) views tennis as an art form, and its practitioners as artists. This argument has long been made by acolytes of all sports, but Wilson puts forth a convincing testament to its veracity with this volume as she tells the history of tennis from the 1800s to the present. Notable topics are feminism, color barriers, class consciousness, and professionalism vs. amateurism. The author expertly trac...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
