Love and Gymnastics (Italian: Amore e ginnastica) is an 1891 novella by the Italian writer Edmondo De Amicis. It is set in Turin and follows a man who falls in love with and tries to seduce a female gymnastics teacher, but is continuously rejected because she does not want to be distracted from spreading Emilio Baumann [it]'s ideas about physical education.[1][2][3]

Love and Gymnastics
AuthorEdmondo De Amicis
Original titleAmore e ginnastica
LanguageItalian
Publisher
Publication date
January–July 1891
Publication placeItaly
Pages141

The story was published in the magazine Nuova Antologia [it] from January to July 1891. It was included in the 1892 volume Fra scuola e casa.[4]

It was the basis for the 1973 film Amore e ginnastica, directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Chapman, David; Gori, Gigliola (2010). "Strong, Athletic and Beautiful: Edmondo De Amicis and the Ideal Italian Woman". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 27 (11): 1968–1987. doi:10.1080/09523367.2010.494390.
  2. ^ Burgos Ortega, Inés (2011). ""Amor y gimnástica" en Italia 1892". Agora para la educación física y el deporte (in Spanish). 13 (2): 229–243. ISSN 1578-2174.
  3. ^ S. W. (5 October 2011). "Cruelty with a smile". The Economist. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  4. ^ Ubbidiente, Roberto (2013). L'Officina del poeta: Studi su Edmondo De Amicis. Berlin: Frank & Timme [de]. p. 239. ISBN 978-3-86596-536-3.
  5. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.