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There's Nothing Conservative About the Classics' Revival

New York Times (Online), 1997-02-16

New York: New York Times Company

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    There's Nothing Conservative About the Classics' Revival
  • Subjects: Anthropology ; Gays & lesbians ; Greek civilization ; History ; Religious orthodoxy ; Romantic period ; Scholars ; Women
  • Is Part Of: New York Times (Online), 1997-02-16
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  • Description: Garry Wills article welcomes today's new interest in Greek and Roman classics and says the resulting ferment, including controversy over black, gay and feminist perspectives on the classics, is thoroughly in keeping with classical revivals of the past, which challenged the accepted notions of their day; says Eurocentrism, when it was embedded in the study of the classics, created a false picture of the classics themselves, which today's emphasis on multiculturalism can help dispel; says that while study of Greek and Latin will reward any time spent on it, translation was a key element of past classical revivals and is a sound basis for today's; photos (L)
  • Publisher: New York: New York Times Company
  • Language: English
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