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The grammar of our civility [electronic resource] : classical education in America / Lee T. Pearcy.

By: Pearcy, Lee T, 1947-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2005Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-172) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 184 p.).ISBN: 1423729617 (electronic bk.); 9781423729617 (electronic bk.); 1433709341; 9781433709340; 1280238208; 9781280238208.Subject(s): Classical education | Education -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 480/.71/073 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Table of Contents; Foreword; 1. The Grammar of Our Civility; 2. The American Dialect; 3. Finis: Four Arguments against Classics; 4. Prolegomena to a Pragmatic Classicism; Notes; Works Cited; Index.
Summary: The pragmatic demands of American life have made higher education's sustained study of ancient Greece and Rome an irrelevant luxury-and this despite the fact that American democracy depends so heavily on classical language, literature, and political theory. In The Grammar of Our Civility, Lee T. Pearcy chronicles how this came to be. Pearcy argues that classics never developed a distinctly American way of responding to distinctly American social conditions. Instead, American classical education simply imitated European models that were designed to underwrite European culture. The Grammar of Ou.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-172) and index.

Table of Contents; Foreword; 1. The Grammar of Our Civility; 2. The American Dialect; 3. Finis: Four Arguments against Classics; 4. Prolegomena to a Pragmatic Classicism; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

The pragmatic demands of American life have made higher education's sustained study of ancient Greece and Rome an irrelevant luxury-and this despite the fact that American democracy depends so heavily on classical language, literature, and political theory. In The Grammar of Our Civility, Lee T. Pearcy chronicles how this came to be. Pearcy argues that classics never developed a distinctly American way of responding to distinctly American social conditions. Instead, American classical education simply imitated European models that were designed to underwrite European culture. The Grammar of Ou.

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