Author: Basil Lanneau GildersleevePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greek language
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Hellas and Hesperia
Author: Basil Lanneau GildersleevePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greek language
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Hellas and Hesperia
Author: Basil Lanneau GildersleevPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330449448
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Excerpt from Hellas and Hesperia: Or the Vitality of Greek Studies in America The University of Virginia is indebted for the establishment of the Barbour-Page Foundation to the wisdom and generosity of Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, of Washington, D. C. In 1907, Mrs. Page donated to the University the sum of $22,000, the annual income of which is to be used in securing each session the delivery before the University of a series of not less than three lectures by some distinguished man of letters or of science. The conditions of the Foundation require that the Barbour-Page lectures for each session be not less than three in number; that they be delivered by a specialist in some branch of literature, science, or art; that the lecturer present in the series of lectures some fresh aspect or aspects of the department of thought in which he is a specialist; and that the entire series delivered each session, taken together, shall possess such unity that they may be published by the Foundation in book form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Hellas and Hesperia
Author: Basil Lanneau GildersleevePublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781358042935
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Hellas and Hesperia
Author: Basil Lanneau GildersleevPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483199033
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Excerpt from Hellas and Hesperia: Or the Vitality of Greek Studies in America The University of Virginia is indebted for the establishment of the barbour-page Foun dation to the Wisdom and generosity of Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, of Washington, D. C. In 1907, Mrs. Page donated to the University the sum of the annual income of Which is to be used in securing each session the delivery before the University of a series of not less than three lectures by some dis tinguished man of letters or of science. The conditions of the Foundation require that the barbour-page lectures for each session be not less than three in number; that they be dcliv ered by a specialist in some branch of litera ture, science, or art; that the lecturer present in the series of lectures some fresh aspect or aspects of the department of thought in which he is a specialist; and that the entire series delivered each session, taken together, shall possess such unity that they may be published by the Foundation in book form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Hellas and Hesperia
Author: Basil GildersleevePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500739881
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The first lecture, is given under the title, "The Channels of Life." After a brief introduction in which the lecturer made further reference to his former connection with the University of Virginia and the renewal of his service in the initiation of the Barbour-Page courses, which mark the beginning of more intimate relations between the University and her sister institutions, he said that his object was not to make a plea for the study of Greek. Living is the test of vitality, and all the pleading in the world will be vain if life is lost. The problem is not whether Greek is worthwhile; but, Greek being given, how to teach Greek, how to learn Greek so as to make it a part or recognize it as part of the moral and intellectual life of the times. In the second lecture, "Greek Language and Literature," illustrates of the theme as laid down in the first were drawn from the Greek language and the Greek literature. The laudation of the Greek language must be reserved for the intimate circle of those who know Greek. The attraction of a language as of a person lies in the physical charm, and the physical charm exists in the eye of the lover. So the present discourse turns on what might be called the social relations of the Greek language-its pervasiveness. The fact that the classical languages belong to the same stock as our own does not enter into our consciousness. Our monosyllabic language reduces so much to the state of radicals that the provenience of a word makes little difference. The study of origins, of etymologies, has very little to do with the practice of speaking and writing. The derivation of an English word from Greek or Latin may serve to guide the pen of the scholarly writer; it does not concern the masses that use the language. The third lecture, "Hellas and Hesperia," deals with what the lecturer once dared to call the American element in Greek life. In order to give vitality to our studies, ancient history has to be interpreted into terms of American experience, and many of the aspects of American life enable us to understand the ancients better than some of our European contemporaries. An audacious, inventive, ready-witted people, we Americans are in sympathy with the audacious, inventive, ready-witted Greeks. It is true that the poet who is regarded by some as the truest representative of American life, Walt Whitman, dismisses antiquity; but we cannot dismiss antiquity. The classical caravel is still seaworthy, and no Captain Courageous of Gloucester, Mass., is more popular than Odysseus of Ithaca. Our history has its analogues in Greek history. Hellenism like Americanism was the result of war. We are the latest offspring of modern times as they the latest of the ancient world; for we are still living the life of Rome. The microscopic Greek state is built on the same lines as ours. The physical surroundings are not unlike ours, and the difference of size is minimized by the facilities of modern intercourse. Greeks and Americans are republicans, nay democrats, to the core. Nothing gives a keener sense of kinship than a community of diseases, and we have the same political diseases. The Greek tyrant is the modern boss. The Americans have the same assimilative power as the Greeks. Pure Hellenic blood is a fancy. There were many strains in ancient Hellas-they are all one to us; and so the Americans, whatever their ancestry, are one to them that are without. The barriers between the different foreign nationalities in America are sure to be broken down, not only by the tide of affairs but by the impetuous winds of the American nationality, for the mobility and versatility of the American man rival the mobility and versatility of the Greek poetry in its intimate relations! - Alumni Bulletin, Volume 2, by University of Virginia
Hellas and Hesperia; Or, the Vitality of Greek Studies in America; Three Lectures
Author: Basil L. (Basil Lanneau) GildersleevePublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290710084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Hellas and Hesperia, Or, the Vitality of Greek Studies in America. Three Lectures by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve. (Barbour-Page Lectures.).
Author: University of Virginia (CHARLOTTESVILLE)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Soldier and Scholar
Author: Basil Lanneau GildersleevePublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813917436
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
In assembling Gildersleeve's writings-- autobiographical, Richmond Examiner newspaper editorials, and Southern essays, Briggs (classics and humanities, U. of South Carolina) brings to light the reflections of a U. of Virginia classics scholar during the Civil War. His classical rhetoric lends a novel twist to his loyalist but critical views on the South's "Good Cause," in chastising the Confederate administration as well as critics of slavery and Yankee poet "sinners" against the English language. Includes a few bandw photos. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Nature in Middle High German Lyrics
Author: Bayard Quincy MorganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : German poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
(Dis)continuities
Author: Luc HermanPublisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789051831597
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description