Classics in Britain
Subtitle: Scholarship, Education, and Publishing 1800-2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780199569373
Subjects: Classical literature
Description: This unique volume summarizes and reflects the work of a leading voice in the history of Classics in Britain, bringing together both previously published articles, now newly revised, and never before published work. Topics range from the school classroom to the politics of universities, and from the social uses of classical knowledge to the publishing of textbooks: although the volume as a whole maintains a particular focus on the role of books and journals in the reception of Classics, the chapters also draw on anecdotal and documentary sources to offer a vivid exploration of the more obscure corners of the world of nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholars, teachers, and pupils.