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The Irish classical self : poets and poor scholars in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries /

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The Irish Classical Self' considers the role of classical languages and learning in the construction of Irish cultural identities in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, focusing in particular on the "lower ranks" of society. This eighteenth century notion of the "classical s...

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Main Author: O'Higgins, Laurie, 1958- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Classical presences.
Subjects:
Education > Ireland > History > 18th century.
Education > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Ireland > Civilization > 18th century.
Ireland > Civilization > 19th century.
Ireland > Intellectual life.
Classicists > Ireland.
Classical languages > Ireland.
Classical literature > Influence.
Irlande > Civilisation > 18e siècle.
Irlande > Civilisation > 19e siècle.
Irlande > Vie intellectuelle.
Spécialistes de lettres classiques > Irlande.
Langues anciennes > Irlande.
Littérature ancienne > Influence.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Civilization
Classical languages
Classical literature > Influence
Classicists
Education
Intellectual life
Ireland
1700-1899
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The stage is set
  • 2. Books in their hands
  • 3. Esteem, seriousness, and folly
  • 4. Eighteenth-century institutional views
  • 5. Narratives of scholars and schools
  • 6. The educational tide turns
  • 7. Genius in the humbler walks of life
  • Appendices
  • A. Extract from "Archbishop Butler's visitation book," volume II
  • B. "Amicus amico" : poem by Newby
  • C. 1824 returns to the second or Royal Commission on education in Ireland
  • D. 1834 returns connected to the second report of the commissioners of public instruction.