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Indlæser... Classics in Britain: Scholarship, Education, and Publishing 1800-2000 (Classical Presences)af Christopher Stray
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Over the past thirty years or so Christopher Stray has made himself uniquely expert in what might be called the sociology of British Classics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The present volume collects eighteen of his articles, two of them not previously published, the rest revised. The range is wide, the principal subjects being scholarship (especially the interactions between scholars); curricula in universities and schools; the purposes and fortunes of classical journals; the continuing debate from the early nineteenth century onwards about the content of classical study and research; and publishers, dictionaries and textbooks. Stray draws often on unpublished manuscript sources, such as the correspondence of dons or schoolboy reminiscences. Most of the pieces collected in this book are likely to be familiar already to those interested in classical reception, and it would not be useful, even if it were possible, to summarise or assess each chapter in turn. This review will consider some generalities and some particulars, with the aim of assessing the thrust of Stray’s body of work as a whole. Tilhører Forlagsserien
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, andfrom 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 moreobscure corners of the world of nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholars, teachers, and pupils.The book is divided into three parts, the first of which illustrates the utility of comparative analysis of institutions, focusing on Oxford and Cambridge in particular; the second looks at the transformative role of printing and publishing, and at the history of the Hellenic Society (1879) and theClassical Association (1903), in relation to the changing place of Classics in British society. The third focuses on pedagogy, examining textbooks and classroom activity and stressing the dialectical nature of reception, as evidenced by the resistance of pupils to their teachers' lessons. Engagingand insightful in isolation, together they offer an expansive and unparalleled overview of the history and sociology of classical education and scholarship between 1800 and 2000. No library descriptions found. |
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