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The classical legacy of Gilbert Highet : an in-depth retrospect /
"Gilbert Highet (1906-1978) was one of Columbia University's greatest teachers and in his day the most celebrated classical scholar in America. One may regard his life and career as both extraordinary and controversial. Now, over forty years after his death, a fresh retrospect seems approp...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Atlanta :
Lockwood Press,
[2021]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "Gilbert Highet (1906-1978) was one of Columbia University's greatest teachers and in his day the most celebrated classical scholar in America. One may regard his life and career as both extraordinary and controversial. Now, over forty years after his death, a fresh retrospect seems appropriate, as a way of presenting new information about him and evaluating his enduring classical legacy for the twenty-first century reader. This fully documented biographical appreciation of Highet's life and work, capped by fully updated bibliographies of publications by him and about him, offers a long-overdue "official life" of this unique and towering figure"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 104 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781948488686 194848868X |