Games, Greek and Pluck: Classicism, Masculinity, Elite Education and British Sport, 1850-1914
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Public school education in the second half of the nineteenth century was completely dominated by classics and sport. Rejecting the view that these were competing strands resulting in friction between aesthetic scholars and athletic philistines, this book shows how classicism and athleticism were closely entwined. Using primary sources, such as school magazines and memoirs, it considers how classical ideas shaped the elite British male's view of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1803746130
ISBN13:9781803746135
Release Date:January 1
Publisher:Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
Length:330 Pages
Weight:1.01 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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