Laurie O'Higgins

The Irish Classical Self

Poets and Poor Scholars in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

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Produktbeschreibung

The Irish Classical Self considers the role of classical languages and learning in the construction of cultural identities in eighteenth and nineteenth century Ireland. Focusing in particular on the "lower ranks" of society, it explores this unusual phenomenon through analysis of contemporary writings and records of classical hedge schools.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780198767107
• ISBN-10: 0198767102
• Artikelnr.: 47972759

Autorenporträt

Laurie O'Higgins was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and received her PhD in Classics from Cornell University. She teaches at Bates College in Maine, where she holds the position of Euterpe B. Dukakis Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies, and her research focuses particularly on the question of "hearing" the voices of non-elite men and women in the context of classical studies.

Inhaltsangabe

* Frontmatter
* List of Illustrations
* 0: Introduction
* 1: The Stage is Set
* 2: Books in Their Hands
* 3: Esteem, Seriousness, and Folly
* 4: Eighteenth-Century Views and Evaluations of Schools
* 5: Narratives of Scholars and Schools
* 6: The Educational Tide Turns
* 7: Talent and Genius in the Humbler Walks of Life
* 8: Conclusion
* 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
* Endmatter
* Bibliography
* Index