The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910 (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Culture of Classicism "A conscientious and important history of the study of classicism in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries... Ms. Winterer sheds light on the virtual disappearance of the ancients from the modern imagination." -- Wall Street Journal"It is, without question, one of the greatest contributions to [the field] yet published." -- American Historical Review
Full description- Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 09 April 2004
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Society & Culture: General | History Of Ideas | Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education | History Of The Americas | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9780801878893 ISBN 10: 0801878896
- Sales rank: 1,350,365
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Full description for The Culture of Classicism
Debates continue to rage over whether American university students should be required to master a common core of knowledge. In The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910, Caroline Winterer traces the emergence of the classical model that became standard in the American curriculum in the nineteenth century and now lies at the core of contemporary controversies. By closely examining university curricula and the writings of classical scholars, Winterer demonstrates how classics was transformed from a narrow, language-based subject to a broader study of civilization, persuasively arguing that we cannot understand both the rise of the American university and modern notions of selfhood and knowledge without an appreciation for the role of classicism in their creation.
