School of Rome - Latin Studies and the Origins of Liberal Education

Zusatztext "Adventurous. . . . An entertaining reconstruction of the difficulties encountered by early schools of rhetoric at Rome." Informationen zum Autor W. Martin Bloomer is Professor of Classics at University of Notre Dame. Klappentext “With its copious notes and extensive bibliography! this text is useful for any student of classical pedagogy as well as those interested in the evolution of education through the ages. Bloomer has composed a compelling! insightful work that clearly moves our understanding of this vital aspect of Roman culture into greater lucidity. . . . [This] text deserves a wide audience.”— Bryn Mawr Classical Review   “A clever and sophisticated reading of [Roman] society.”— London Review of Books Zusammenfassung Focuses on education as practiced by the imperial age Romans, looking at what they considered the value of education and its effect on children. This title examines the adaptation of Greek institutions, methods, and texts by the Romans, and traces the Romans' own history of education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Three Vignettes 1. In Search of the Roman School 2. First Stories of School 3. The School of Impudence 4. The Manual and the Child 5. The Child an Open Book 6. Grammar and the Unity of Curriculum 7. The Moral Sentence 8. Rhetorical Habitus Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Martin Bloomer, W Martin Bloomer, W. Martin Bloomer, W.martin Bloomer, Bloomer W. Martin
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2011
• EAN: 9780520255760
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25576-0
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: University of California Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Ancient World, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Political science and theory, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval