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The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910

The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910

Winterer, Caroline

Paperback

19th Century United States HistoryAncient GreeceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0801878896
ISBN13: 9780801878893
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Mar 5 2004
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.52 Depth: 7.98
Language: English
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.

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