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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 paperback edition.
ISBN
0801878896 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
Language
English
Description
x, 244 pages ; 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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