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- catalog abstract "What did it mean to be a professional teacher in the prestigious "liberal schools" -- the schools of grammar and rhetoric -- in late antiquity? How can we account for the abiding prestige of these schools, which remained substantially unchanged in their methods and standing despite the political and religious changes that had taken place around them? The grammarian was a pivotal figure in the lives of the educated upper classes of late antiquity. Introducing his students to correct language and to the literature esteemed by long tradition, he began the education that confirmed his students' standing in a narrowly defined elite. His profession thus contributed to the social as well as cultural continuity of the Empire. The grammarian received honor -- and criticism; the profession gave the grammarian a firm sense of cultural authority but also placed him in a position of genteel subordination within the elite. Robert A. Kaster provides the first thorough study of the place and function of these important but ambiguous figures. He also gives a detailed prosopography of the grammarians, and of the other "teachers of letters" below the level of rhetoric, from the middle of the third through the middle of the sixth century, which will provide a valuable research tool for other students of late-antique education.".
- catalog contributor b2273328.
- catalog coverage "Rome Civilization.".
- catalog created "c1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "c1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1988.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 479-510.".
- catalog description "What did it mean to be a professional teacher in the prestigious "liberal schools" -- the schools of grammar and rhetoric -- in late antiquity? How can we account for the abiding prestige of these schools, which remained substantially unchanged in their methods and standing despite the political and religious changes that had taken place around them? The grammarian was a pivotal figure in the lives of the educated upper classes of late antiquity. Introducing his students to correct language and to the literature esteemed by long tradition, he began the education that confirmed his students' standing in a narrowly defined elite. His profession thus contributed to the social as well as cultural continuity of the Empire. The grammarian received honor -- and criticism; the profession gave the grammarian a firm sense of cultural authority but also placed him in a position of genteel subordination within the elite. Robert A. Kaster provides the first thorough study of the place and function of these important but ambiguous figures. He also gives a detailed prosopography of the grammarians, and of the other "teachers of letters" below the level of rhetoric, from the middle of the third through the middle of the sixth century, which will provide a valuable research tool for other students of late-antique education.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 524 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520055357 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Transformation of the classical heritage ; 11".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "c1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "Rome Civilization.".
- catalog spatial "Rome".
- catalog spatial "Rome.".
- catalog subject "870/.07 19".
- catalog subject "Classical languages Grammar Study and teaching Rome History.".
- catalog subject "Classical philology Study and teaching Rome History.".
- catalog subject "Education Rome History.".
- catalog subject "Education, Ancient.".
- catalog subject "Language teachers Rome.".
- catalog subject "PA53 .K37 1988".
- catalog subject "Roman Empire culture, B.C 31-A.D 476".
- catalog subject "Sociolinguistics Rome.".
- catalog title "Guardians of language : the grammarian and society in late antiquity / Robert A. Kaster.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".