Sophocles’ Jebb
Sophocles’ Jebb

Author: Chris Stray

Publisher: Cambridge Philological Society

Published: 2020-05-31

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1913701018

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Sir Richard Jebb (1841–1905) was the most celebrated classical scholar in late Victorian Britain: his edition of Sophocles, which remains a classic, brought him a knighthood. Professor of Greek at Cambridge from 1889, and MP for the University from 1891 until his death, Jebb became a national spokesman for the humanities. “Sophocles’ Jebb” charts his career through 275 newly discovered letters, presented here with introductions and full annotation. By allowing Jebb and his contemporaries to speak in their own words, it enables a significant reassessment of a key cultural figure of late Victorian Britain and sheds fresh light on public and academic debate of the time. The volume ends with a new, comprehensive list of Jebb’s publications.

Catalogue
Catalogue

Author: New South Wales Free Public Library, Sydney

Publisher:

Published: 1897

Total Pages: 322

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Culture, Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London
Culture, Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London

Author: Geoffrey A. C. Ginn

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-04-21

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1351732811

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In refreshing our understanding of this obscure but eloquent activism, Ginn approaches cultural philanthropy not simply as a project of class self-interest, nor as fanciful ‘missionary aestheticism.’ Rather, he shows how liberal aspirations towards adult education and civic community can be traced in a number of centres of moralising voluntary effort. Concentrating on Toynbee Hall in Whitechapel, the People’s Palace in Mile End, Red Cross Hall in Southwark and the Bermondsey Settlement, the discussion identifies the common impulses animating practical reformers across these settings. Ginn shows how these were shaped by a distinctive diagnosis of urban deprivation and anomie.