The culture of classicism : ancient Greece and Rome in American intellectual life, 1780-1910 / Caroline Winterer.
2004
LA227.1 .W56 2004 (Mapit)
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The culture of classicism : ancient Greece and Rome in American intellectual life, 1780-1910 / Caroline Winterer.
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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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Table of Contents
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.
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.