Games, Greek and Pluck : Classicism, Masculinity, Elite Education and British Sport, 1850–1914 (Paperback, New ed)

Contents: Classics in the Public School: Exclusivity, Excellence and Indifference ? Manliness, Masculinity and Morality: Ancient Graeco- Roman Influences on Education ? ‘At Home at Oxbridge’: British and Irish Literature on Ancient Sport ? Warre, Welldon, Etonian Classicism and Victorian Sport ? Henley, Class and Classics ? The Hellenisation of the Modern Olympics.