The classicism of Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper was educated as a classicist until he transferred to history, in which he made his reputation, after two years at Oxford. His schooling engendered in him a classicism that was characterised by a love of classical literature and style, but rested on a repudiation of the philological...
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| description | Hugh Trevor-Roper was educated as a classicist until he transferred to history, in which he made his reputation, after two years at Oxford. His schooling engendered in him a classicism that was characterised by a love of classical literature and style, but rested on a repudiation of the philological tradition in classical studies. This reaction helps to explain his change of intellectual career. His classicism, however, endured: it influenced his mature conception of the practice of historical studies, and can be traced throughout his life. This essay explores a neglected aspect of Trevor-Roper's intellectual biography through his ‘Apologia transfugae’ (1973), which explains his rationale for abandoning classics, and published and unpublished writings attesting to his classicism, especially his first publication ‘Homer unmasked!’ (1936) and his wartime notebooks. |
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| spelling | nottingham-341532020-05-04T17:14:38Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34153/ The classicism of Hugh Trevor-Roper Malloch, S.J.V. Hugh Trevor-Roper was educated as a classicist until he transferred to history, in which he made his reputation, after two years at Oxford. His schooling engendered in him a classicism that was characterised by a love of classical literature and style, but rested on a repudiation of the philological tradition in classical studies. This reaction helps to explain his change of intellectual career. His classicism, however, endured: it influenced his mature conception of the practice of historical studies, and can be traced throughout his life. This essay explores a neglected aspect of Trevor-Roper's intellectual biography through his ‘Apologia transfugae’ (1973), which explains his rationale for abandoning classics, and published and unpublished writings attesting to his classicism, especially his first publication ‘Homer unmasked!’ (1936) and his wartime notebooks. Cambridge University Press 2015-08-26 Article PeerReviewed Malloch, S.J.V. (2015) The classicism of Hugh Trevor-Roper. Cambridge Classical Journal, 61 . pp. 29-61. ISSN 1750-2705 http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=10018570&fileId=S1750270515000068 doi:10.1017/S1750270515000068 doi:10.1017/S1750270515000068 |
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