Guardians of Language - The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity

"Kaster's book is both rich in its deployment of an extraordinarily wide range of little-known material and original in its approach to the subject. . . . There is no question at all that this book will be of great value to specialists in late antiquity, to historians of education, and to classicists in general. It will be a fundamental work in the field."—James E. G. Zetzel

About the author

Robert A. Kaster is Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin Language and Literature and Professor of Classics at Princeton University.

 

Summary

The grammarian was a pivotal figure in the lives of the educated upper classes of late antiquity. This profession contributed to the social as well as cultural continuity of the Empire. This title provides a study of the place and function of this important but ambiguous figure.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. Kaster, Kaster Robert A.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.1988
• EAN: 9780520055353
• ISBN: 978-0-520-05535-3
• No. of pages: 560
• Series: Transformation of the Classica; Transformation of the Classical Heritage; Transformation of the Classica
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary essays, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval