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1 online resource (168 pages) |
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Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Section I. Civilization as Narrative; I. Tradition and the Lunatics; II. Learning to Tell Your Story; III. The Latin Invasions of English; IV. Back to the Future; V. The Classics, the Founding, and American Creativity; VI. Federalism and Christianity; VII. The Enlightenment Project; VIII. The Ghost Dance: Liberalism in Crisis; IX. The Classics and the Traditional Liberal Arts Curriculum; Section II. The Good, the Bad, and the Postmodern; X. Postmodernism and the End of the Humanities; XI. The Final Solution of the Philological Problem |
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XII. Scholarship and BricolageXIII. Margaret Fuller in Rome; XIV. Passion and Pedantry; XV. J.R.R. Tolkien: Inventing Lost Worlds; Section III. Contemporary Chronicles: Role Models and Popular Culture; XVI. Russell Kirk: Bohemian Tory; XVII. Douglas Young: A Free-minded Scot; XVIII. Still in Saigon in My Mind; XIX. Paying and Praying on the Old Homestead; XX. Arms and the Man: Clint Eastwood as Hero and Filmmaker; XXI. Publishers and Sinners: Arousing Interest in the Century's Top 100 Novels; XXII. Tilings You See Better in the Dark: The Fate of American Cinema |
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Epilogue: Optatives and Imperatives FOR The Next MillenniumAppendix: Doing it on your own; Index; Copyright |
| Summary |
The Devil Knows Latin is a provocative and illuminating examination of contemporary American culture. Its range is broad and fascinating. Whether discussing the importance of Greek and Latin syntax to our society, examining current trends in literary theory, education, and politics, or applying a classical perspective to contemporary films, Christian Kopff (Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado) is at home and on the mark. He outlines the perils and possibilities for America in the coming decades with learning and verve-demonstrating that the highway to a creative and free future |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Classical philology -- Study and teaching -- United States
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Civilization, Classical -- Study and teaching
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Civilization, Classical -- Study and teaching
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Classical philology -- Study and teaching
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781497651616 |
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1497651611 |
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