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Latin or the Empire of a Sign: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
354 Seiten
Englisch
Versoerschienen am17.12.2002
A history of Latin between the 16th and 20th centuries, exploring the institutional contexts in which the language was adopted and transmitted, as well as the privilege it came to confer on those that studied it. This is a work of reference, but it is also a cultural history.mehr
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KlappentextA history of Latin between the 16th and 20th centuries, exploring the institutional contexts in which the language was adopted and transmitted, as well as the privilege it came to confer on those that studied it. This is a work of reference, but it is also a cultural history.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-85984-402-1
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2002
Erscheinungsdatum17.12.2002
Seiten354 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 158 mm, Höhe 237 mm, Dicke 25 mm
Gewicht567 g
Artikel-Nr.13672286
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GenreSchulbuch

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Kritik
""Latin is dead and this book is its epitaph ... it is the merit and interest of Waquet's survey that she finds Latin not only deployed for the liturgy, but also to describe things carnal, pornographic, or otherwise shameful. -- Daily Telegraph "... richly researched and delightful... with scholars of Waquet's generosity and ability, the old language might yet have a future." - New Criterion "Waquet.s wonderful, readable book (in Howe's fine translation) provides an intellectual history of the Latin language ... Waquet memorabluy charts Latin's reception in scholarly, comic, tender and exhaustive detail through learned, literary and popular sources." - Choice "... the book is valuable if for no other reason than for the historical light is sheds on contemporary debates over the value of a 'traditional' education - and for reminding us that a classical education is sometimes more about class than about education." - Washington Times "...detailed and wide-ranging..." - Los Angeles Times Book Review ... a lucid , learned retelling of the fortunes of the Latin language in the modern era. A scholarly work, this will nonetheless appeal to general readers as well." - History "...[a] fascinating and lively survey of the place of Latin western culture during the past 400 years." - Independent "It is a wonderful survey of the uses to which we have put Latin." - A. N. Wilson "... an eloquent obituary..." - Spectator "And for something completely differently serious, read part of Europe's future in part of its past: the fascinating Latin: or the Empire of a Sign." - A.C. Grayling, Guardian, Summer Choice 2002 ""A splendid book: original in method, suggestive in argument, and a pleasure to read."" -- London Review of Booksmehr

Autor

Françoise Waquet is a director of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Among her books are Latin, and in French, Les fêtes royales sous la Restauration ou l'Ancien Régime retrouvé and La République des Lettres (with Hans Bots).