British Classics Outside England

Judith P. Hallett (Ph.D. Harvard University) is Professor of Classics, University of Maryland, College Park. Other publications by Hallett include: Roman Sexualities (co-editor, 1997), Compromising Traditions: The Personal Voice in Classical Scholarship (1996), and Fathers and Daughters in Roman Society: Women and the Elite Family (1984).Christopher Stray (Ph.D. University of Wales) is Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Classics, Ancient History, and Egyptology, Swansea University. His publications on the history of classical education and scholarship include Classics Transformed: Schools, Universities, and Society in England 1830-1960 (1998) and The Living Word: W.H.D.Rouse and the Crisis of Classics in Edwardian England (1992).

Introduction Judith P. Hallett and Christopher Stray I British Classics beyond England: Scotland, Wales and the Empire 1 The Democratic Intellect Preserved: Scotland and the Classics 1826-1836 Mick Morris 2 Classics and Welsh Cultural Identity in the Nineteenth Century Ceri Davies 3 Kathleen Freeman: An Apostle and Evangelist for Classical Greece Eleanor Irwin 4 Greek, Latin and the Indian Civil Service Phiroze Vasunia II The impact of British classics in the United States 5 Politics and Scholarship: Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve and Nineteenth-Century British Classics Ward Briggs 6 Grace Harriet Macurdy: The Role of British Classics in the Self-Fashioning of an American Woman Scholar Barbara F. McManus 7 J. A. K. Thomson and Classical Reception Studies: American Influences and 'Classical Influences' Barbara F. McManus 8 The Anglicizing Way: Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) and the Twentieth-Century Transformation of Classics in the USA Judith P. Hallett Notes Bibliography Index

"British Classics Outside England contributes to a rich investigation of the intersecting histories of scholarship, politics, gender, and cultural identity." -- Lorna Hardwick, Director, Reception of Classical Texts Research Project, The Open University