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The culture of classicism : ancient Greece and Rome in American intellectual life, 1780-1910
- Title
- The culture of classicism : ancient Greece and Rome in American intellectual life, 1780-1910 / Caroline Winterer.
- Author
- Winterer, Caroline, 1966-
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
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- Description
- x, 244 p.; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-235) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 03-4087
- ISBN
- 0801867991 (hc : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001000968
- OCLC
- 45917014
- Author
- Winterer, Caroline, 1966-
- Title
- The culture of classicism : ancient Greece and Rome in American intellectual life, 1780-1910 / Caroline Winterer.
- Imprint
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-235) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-4087