The Classical Legacy of Gilbert Highet

The Classical Legacy of Gilbert Highet
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Publisher : Lockwood Press
Total Pages : 121
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ISBN-10 : 9781948488686
ISBN-13 : 194848868X
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Book Synopsis The Classical Legacy of Gilbert Highet by : Robert J. Ball

Download or read book The Classical Legacy of Gilbert Highet written by Robert J. Ball and published by Lockwood Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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