Ex Solo Ad Solem
Author | : Elizabeth Nye Di Cataldo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Girls |
ISBN | : 9780615469652 |
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Author | : Elizabeth Nye Di Cataldo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Girls |
ISBN | : 9780615469652 |
Author | : Elizabeth Nye Di Cataldo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Preparatory schools |
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Author | : Victoria Houseman |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2023-10-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0691236186 |
"Edith Hamilton (1867-1963), famed popularizer of the classics, whose books include Mythology and The Greek Way, introduced millions-literally millions-of general readers and young adults to the myths and culture of the Greco-Roman world. In the middle of the 20th century, she was arguably the most visible and widely read person on classics and mythology. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College and then a successful teacher and administrator at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Hamilton became well known to the public only when she was in her sixties. Her writings, written with a middle-American audience in mind, were intended to introduce general readers to a world of antiquity previously thought to be only the purview of those with knowledge of ancient languages. Her most successful book, Mythology, remains the most popular book of its kind and, like The Greek Way and The Roman Way, has never gone out of print. Houseman recounts Hamilton's life of ninety-five years, beginning with her childhood introduction to the study of Latin and Greek under her father's tutelage. Houseman explores the intellectual influences upon her, emphasizing in particular the nineteenth-century British thinkers whose work she encountered during her years as a student at Bryn Mawr, including Matthew Arnold and Edward Caird. It also tells the story of the two romantic relationships that shaped her life. The first was with Lucy Martin Donnelly, an English professor whose intellectual and aesthetic tastes made a profound impact upon Hamilton. The second, and more enduring, was with Doris Fielding Reid, with whom Hamilton lived for over forty years and with whom she raised a family composed of Reid's nephews and nieces. The biography also describes Hamilton's friendships with writers such as Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, as well as with Senator Ralph E. Flanders, who led the movement in the Senate to censure Joseph McCarthy and inspired Hamilton's depiction of Demosthenes in her final book, The Echo of Greece. Houseman also situates Edith Hamilton's writing in relation to contemporary events such as the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, American involvement in the Second World War, the dropping of the atomic bombs, and American foreign policy during the Cold War, among others. She argues that Hamilton's writing and themes were often a response to these events. Even Mythology, intended as a modern version of Bulfinch's Mythology, was partly written during the fascist Italian invasion of Greece and makes many arguments for the special claims of Greece in Western history. Her work has influenced generations of readers as well, and was even said to have been a favorite of Robert Kennedy's, who drew on The Greek Way for inspiration in drafting speeches. The book is intended to be the definitive biography of a fascinating and daring woman who arguably helped to save the classics in America. This will be first biography of Hamilton apart from one written by her partner Doris Fielding which was a mix of memoir and biography. This will also be the first to draw on Hamilton's letters and other primary sources"--
Author | : Daniel A. Nathan |
Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2016-08-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1682260054 |
To read a sample chapter, visit www.uapress.com. Baltimore is the birthplace of Francis Scott Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the incomparable Babe Ruth, and the gold medalist Michael Phelps. It’s a one-of-a-kind town with singular stories, well-publicized challenges, and also a rich sporting history. Baltimore Sports: Stories from Charm City chronicles the many ways that sports are an integral part of Baltimore’s history and identity and part of what makes the city unique, interesting, and, for some people, loveable. Wide ranging and eclectic, the essays included here cover not only the Orioles and the Ravens, but also lesser-known Baltimore athletes and teams. Toots Barger, known as the “Queen of the Duckpins,” makes an appearance. So do the Dunbar Poets, considered by some to be the greatest high-school basketball team ever. Bringing together the work of both historians and journalists, including Michael Olesker, former Baltimore Sun columnist, and Rafael Alvarez, who was named Baltimore’s Best Writer by Baltimore Magazine in 2014, Baltimore Sports illuminates Charm City through this fascinating exploration of its teams, fans, and athletes.
Author | : Christopher Shields |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2024-07-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198915713 |
Aristotle offers a searing rejection of Plato's commitment to a Form of the Good; core among his complaints is that goodness is not univocal, that is, that there is no single essence-specifying account of goodness covering all the many varieties of goodness there are. Aristotle's anti-Platonic arguments have been variously received: many of his readers regard them as wholly successful while many others maintain they are abject failures. This volume reconstructs and assesses these arguments afresh and asks a simple question: if they are sound, what is left for Aristotle? In particular, what principles does he have to vouchsafe the commensurability of the good things he himself regards as commensurable?
Author | : Walter Hamilton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1895 |
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Total Pages | : 738 |
Release | : 1897 |
Genre | : Children's literature, English |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Teachers |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ex Libris Society (London, England) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : Bookplates |
ISBN | : |
List of members in v. 2-17.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 634 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Decoration and ornament |
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