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Author:   Laurie O'Higgins (Euterpe B. Dukakis Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies, Euterpe B. Dukakis Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies, Bates College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.506kg
ISBN:  

9780198767107

ISBN 10:   0198767102
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   16 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Frontmatter List of Illustrations 0: Introduction 1: The Stage is Set 2: Books in Their Hands 3: Esteem, Seriousness, and Folly 4: Eighteenth-Century Views and Evaluations of Schools 5: Narratives of Scholars and Schools 6: The Educational Tide Turns 7: Talent and Genius in the Humbler Walks of Life 8: Conclusion Appendices A. Extract from ""Archbishop Butler's Visitation Book"" Volume II B. ""Amicus amico."" Poem by Newby C. 1824 Returns to the Second or Royal Commission on Education in Ireland D. 1834 Returns Connected to the Second Report of the Commissioners of Public Instruction Endmatter Bibliography Index"

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This book deserves a wide readership. Students of classical reception will value its total familiarity with the receiving context, its combination of elite and non-elite views, and its understanding of how Greek and Latin classics interacted with native Irish traditions. Historians of Ireland too should recognize O'Higgins' important contribution: beyond classical reception studies, she brings to light aspects of social and cultural history that historians who are not classically trained might have overlooked, or examined in less depth * Fiachra Mac Gorain, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * It is to be hoped that Professor O'Higgins' volume reminds us of the many benefits which the classical disciplines timelessly confer, apart altogether from her monograph serving its own commendable ends. * Neil Buttimerq, Eighteenth-Century Ireland * In short, this is a clearly articulated and well-argued book. ... perhaps the chief merit of this study resides in O'H.'s ability to maximise disparate sources, her careful scrutiny of relevant reports and censuses, and her thorough investigation of the nature and extent of Classical teaching in the period under discussion. As such this work should prove an indispensable resource to those interested in the Classical tradition, in Irish cultural history, in townlands and in the pedagogical methodologies of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland. * Estelle Haan, The Classical Review * What O'Higgins has done is show how literate the Irish actually were and many still are, a useful task, when the British consistently considered them barbaric and needed the civilization they brought with them during their murderous occupation. * Marianna McDonald, Arion * This is a truly remarkable book ... on a subject that few others could tackle ... since it requires not only wide acquaintance with the Greek and Latin Classics, but also with Gaelic language and culture ... A reviewer cannot do proper justice to the richness of the material presented here, but only salute the copious and varied research that went into it. * John Dillon, Hermathena *

This book deserves a wide readership. Students of classical reception will value its total familiarity with the receiving context, its combination of �lite and non-�lite views, and its understanding of how Greek and Latin classics interacted with native Irish traditions. Historians of Ireland too should recognize O'Higgins' important contribution: beyond classical reception studies, she brings to light aspects of social and cultural history that historians who are not classically trained might have overlooked, or examined in less depth. --Fiachra Mac G�r�in, Bryn Mawr Classical Review What O'Higgins has done is show how literate the Irish actually were and many still are, a useful task, when the British consistently considered them barbaric and needed the civilization they brought with them during their murderous occupation. --Marianne McDonald, Arion It is to be hoped that Professor O'Higgins' volume reminds us of the many benefits which the classical disciplines timelessly confer, apart altogether from her monograph serving its own commendable ends. --Neil Buttimer, Eighteenth-Century Ireland In short, this is a clearly articulated and well-argued book. ... perhaps the chief merit of this study resides in O'H.'s ability to maximise disparate sources, her careful scrutiny of relevant reports and censuses, and her thorough investigation of the nature and extent of Classical teaching in the period under discussion. As such this work should prove an indispensable resource to those interested in the Classical tradition, in Irish cultural history, in townlands and in the pedagogical methodologies of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland. --Estelle Haan, The Classical Review

In short, this is a clearly articulated and well-argued book. ... perhaps the chief merit of this study resides in O'H.'s ability to maximise disparate sources, her careful scrutiny of relevant reports and censuses, and her thorough investigation of the nature and extent of Classical teaching in the period under discussion. As such this work should prove an indispensable resource to those interested in the Classical tradition, in Irish cultural history, in townlands and in the pedagogical methodologies of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland. --Estelle Haan, The Classical Review

"This is a truly remarkable book ... on a subject that few others could tackle ... since it requires not only wide acquaintance with the Greek and Latin Classics, but also with Gaelic language and culture ... A reviewer cannot do proper justice to the richness of the material presented here, but only salute the copious and varied research that went into it. * John Dillon, Hermathena * What O'Higgins has done is show how literate the Irish actually were and many still are, a useful task, when the British consistently considered them barbaric and needed the ""civilization"" they brought with them during their murderous occupation. * Marianna McDonald, Arion * In short, this is a clearly articulated and well-argued book. ... perhaps the chief merit of this study resides in O'H.'s ability to maximise disparate sources, her careful scrutiny of relevant reports and censuses, and her thorough investigation of the nature and extent of Classical teaching in the period under discussion. As such this work should prove an indispensable resource to those interested in the Classical tradition, in Irish cultural history, in townlands and in the pedagogical methodologies of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland. * Estelle Haan, The Classical Review * It is to be hoped that Professor O'Higgins' volume reminds us of the many benefits which the classical disciplines timelessly confer, apart altogether from her monograph serving its own commendable ends. * Neil Buttimerq, Eighteenth-Century Ireland * This book deserves a wide readership. Students of classical reception will value its total familiarity with the receiving context, its combination of élite and non-élite views, and its understanding of how Greek and Latin classics interacted with native Irish traditions. Historians of Ireland too should recognize O'Higgins' important contribution: beyond classical reception studies, she brings to light aspects of social and cultural history that historians who are not classically trained might have overlooked, or examined in less depth * Fiachra Mac Góráin, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *"

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"Laurie O'Higgins was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and received her PhD in Classics from Cornell University. She teaches at Bates College in Maine, where she holds the position of Euterpe B. Dukakis Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies, and her research focuses particularly on the question of ""hearing"" the voices of non-elite men and women in the context of classical studies."

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