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- The Liberal Education of Charles Eliot Norton
- 1999
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- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
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James Turner's biography offers the first modern account of Norton's life and its significance, following him from his perilous travels across India as a young merchant to his role as his country's preeminent cultural critic. Turner shows how Norton developed the key ideas that still underlie the humanities—historicism and culture—and how his influence endures in America's colleges and universities because of institutions he developed and models he devised.
Table of Contents
- Half Title
- p. xvii
- Frontispiece
- p. ii
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Dedication
- p. v
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xv
- Half Title 1
- p. i
- 1. Shady Hill, 1786–1842
- pp. 21-40
- 2. Cambridge and Boston, 1842–1849
- pp. 41-67
- 3. The World, 1849–1851
- pp. 68-99
- 4. A Merchant in the Unmaking, 1851–1855
- pp. 100-125
- 5. Adrift, 1855–1857
- pp. 126-145
- 6. A Literary Invalid, 1857–1861
- pp. 146-167
- 9. Europe and Erudition, 1868–1872
- pp. 223-246
- 10. Beginning Again, 1873–1878
- pp. 253-275
- 11. Fresh Foundations of Learning, 1878–1882
- pp. 276-296
- 12. Olympus Ascended, 1882–1886
- pp. 297-319
- 16. Shady Hill Again, 1898–1908
- pp. 393-414
- Sources Cited
- pp. 471-480
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9781421435978
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9781421435961
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OCLC
1131894575
Launched on MUSE
2019-12-20
Language
English
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