The culture of classicism : ancient Greece and Rome in American intellectual life, 1780-1910 /
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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2002.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 244 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801867991 (hardcover : alk. paper) |