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Julia Allen

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Description:In Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale, Julia Allen takes a sideways look at sport, health and exercise in the eighteenth century, and in so doing reveals unfamiliar sides of the eponymous characters she uses as guides and commentators. Samuel Johnson does battle with the rough breakers at Brighton as energetically as he did with any of his verbal opponents; and Hester Thrale herself 'a good waterspaniel' provides wry observations, notably on what men decided women might decently be allowed to do in that foreign country that is the past. Allen starts with the medical theories underpinning notions about exercise, the role of the physician and the surgeon, the conditions in which exercise was taken, its place in child-rearing and education, and its efficacy as a remedy for depression. Chapters on the various sports and forms of exercise associated with Johnson and Mrs Thrale follow, from boxing and swimming to dancing and coach travel, including biographies of the star performers, and eye-witness accounts of the events they took part in. This book offers a wealth of research for anyone interested in peering into some of the obscurer recesses of eighteenth-century life."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale: Sport and Exercise in Eighteenth-century England. To get started finding Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale: Sport and Exercise in Eighteenth-century England, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale, Julia Allen takes a sideways look at sport, health and exercise in the eighteenth century, and in so doing reveals unfamiliar sides of the eponymous characters she uses as guides and commentators. Samuel Johnson does battle with the rough breakers at Brighton as energetically as he did with any of his verbal opponents; and Hester Thrale herself 'a good waterspaniel' provides wry observations, notably on what men decided women might decently be allowed to do in that foreign country that is the past. Allen starts with the medical theories underpinning notions about exercise, the role of the physician and the surgeon, the conditions in which exercise was taken, its place in child-rearing and education, and its efficacy as a remedy for depression. Chapters on the various sports and forms of exercise associated with Johnson and Mrs Thrale follow, from boxing and swimming to dancing and coach travel, including biographies of the star performers, and eye-witness accounts of the events they took part in. This book offers a wealth of research for anyone interested in peering into some of the obscurer recesses of eighteenth-century life."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale: Sport and Exercise in Eighteenth-century England. To get started finding Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale: Sport and Exercise in Eighteenth-century England, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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