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OverviewThis fascinating cultural and intellectual history focuses on education as practiced by the imperial age Romans, looking at what they considered the value of education and its effect on children. W. Martin Bloomer details the processes, exercises, claims, and contexts of liberal education from the late first century b.c.e. to the third century c.e., the epoch of rhetorical education. He examines the adaptation of Greek institutions, methods, and texts by the Romans and traces the Romans’ own history of education. Bloomer argues that whereas Rome’s enduring educational legacy includes the seven liberal arts and a canon of school texts, its practice of competitive displays of reading, writing, and reciting were intended to instill in the young social as well as intellectual ideas. Full Product DetailsAuthor: W. Martin BloomerPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780520296183ISBN 10: 0520296184 Pages: 294 Publication Date: 31 October 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAdventurous. . . . An entertaining reconstruction of the difficulties encountered by early schools of rhetoric at Rome. -- Teresa Morgan, Oriel College, Oxford * Jrnl Of Roman Stds/Jrnl Of Hellenic Stds * A clever and sophisticated reading of [Roman] society. -- Tim Whitmarsh * London Review Of Books * Bloomer has composed a compelling, insightful work. . . . [This] text deserves a wide audience. -- Zara M. Torlone, Miami University * Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) * """Bloomer has composed a compelling, insightful work... [This] text deserves a wide audience."" -- Zara M. Torlone, Miami University Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) ""A clever and sophisticated reading of [Roman] society."" -- Tim Whitmarsh London Review Of Books ""Adventurous... An entertaining reconstruction of the difficulties encountered by early schools of rhetoric at Rome."" -- Teresa Morgan, Oriel College, Oxford Jrnl Of Roman Stds/Jrnl Of Hellenic Stds" Bloomer has composed a compelling, insightful work... [This] text deserves a wide audience. -- Zara M. Torlone, Miami University Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) A clever and sophisticated reading of [Roman] society. -- Tim Whitmarsh London Review Of Books Adventurous... An entertaining reconstruction of the difficulties encountered by early schools of rhetoric at Rome. -- Teresa Morgan, Oriel College, Oxford Jrnl Of Roman Stds/Jrnl Of Hellenic Stds Author InformationW. Martin Bloomer is Associate Professor of Classics at Notre Dame University. His books include Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility and The Contest of Language. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |