The culture of classicism : ancient Greece and Rome in American intellectual life, 1780-1910 / Caroline Winterer.

Main entry:

Winterer, Caroline, 1966-

Title & Author:

The culture of classicism : ancient Greece and Rome in American intellectual life, 1780-1910 / Caroline Winterer.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Description:

x, 244 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-235) and index.
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.

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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0801867991 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780801867996 (hc ; alk. paper)
0801878896 (pbk.)
9780801878893 (pbk.)

Subject:

Universities and colleges United States History 19th century.
Classical education United States.
Classicism United States.
Universités États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Enseignement classique États-Unis.
Classicisme États-Unis.
Civilization Greek influences
Civilization Roman influences
Classical education
Classicism
Intellectual life
Universities and colleges
Altertumswissenschaft
Humanistische Bildung
Geistesleben
Antike
Rezeption
Klassizismus
Geestesgeschiedenis.
Classicisme.
United States Civilization Greek influences.
United States Civilization Roman influences.
United States Intellectual life.
United States Intellectual life 19th century.
États-Unis Vie intellectuelle.
United States
USA
Griechisch.
Latein.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225922
Call No.: LA227.1 .W56 2002
Status: Available

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