The culture of classicism : ancient Greece and Rome in American intellectual life, 1780-1910 / Caroline Winterer.
Winterer, Caroline, 1966-
2004
LA227.1 .W56 2004 (Mapit)
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Title The culture of classicism : ancient Greece and Rome in American intellectual life, 1780-1910 / Caroline Winterer.
Author Winterer, Caroline, 1966-
Edition John Hopkins pbk. ed.
ISBN 0801878896 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
Language English
Description x, 244 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number LA227.1 .W56 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 378.73
Summary Winterer argues that we cannot understand the rise of the American university or modern notions of selfhood and knowledge without an appreciation for the role of classicism in their creation.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-235) and index.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Antiquity in the new nation
The rise of Greece
From words to worlds, 1820-1870
Classical civilization consecrated, 1870-1910
Scholarship versus culture, 1870-1910
Epilogue
Notes
Works Cited
Index.

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