Museum criticum 2 Volume Set (Paperback)

Charles James Blomfield

ISBN 10: 1108056601 / ISBN 13: 9781108056601

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012

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Paperback. This short-lived (181326) classical journal was edited by James Henry Monk (17841856) and Charles James Blomfield (17861857), who were contemporaries at Trinity College, Cambridge. Both went on to ecclesiastical careers: Monk left his position as Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge to become Dean of Peterborough and subsequently Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, while Blomfeld, who already held the country living of Quarrington in Lincolnshire when the journal was founded, became Bishop of London. Encapsulating the dominant contemporary style of English classical scholarship - the close linguistic analysis of (primarily Greek) texts, as practised by Richard Porson (17591808), Monk's predecessor as Regius Professor - the Museum criticum became a rival to The Classical Journal (also reissued in this series) and was collected in two volumes in 1826. Illuminating the early development of academic journals, Volume 1 contains issues 14 and Volume 2 contains issues 58. This short-lived (181326) classical journal, edited by James Henry Monk (17841856) and Charles James Blomfield (17861857), contemporaries at Trinity College, Cambridge, and collected in two volumes in 1826, illuminates the development of academic journals and classical scholarship. Volume 1 contains issues 14. Volume 2 contains issues 58. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Museum criticum 2 Volume Set (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108056601
• ISBN 13: 9781108056601
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This short-lived (1813–26) classical journal was edited by James Henry Monk (1784–1856) and Charles James Blomfield (1786–1857), who were contemporaries at Trinity College, Cambridge. Both went on to ecclesiastical careers: Monk left his position as Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge to become Dean of Peterborough and subsequently Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, while Blomfeld, who already held the country living of Quarrington in Lincolnshire when the journal was founded, became Bishop of London. Encapsulating the dominant contemporary style of English classical scholarship – the close linguistic analysis of (primarily Greek) texts, as practised by Richard Porson (1759–1808), Monk's predecessor as Regius Professor – the Museum criticum became a rival to The Classical Journal (also reissued in this series) and was collected in two volumes in 1826. Illuminating the early development of academic journals, Volume 1 contains issues 1–4 and Volume 2 contains issues 5–8.

Book Description

This short-lived (1813-26) classical journal, edited by James Henry Monk (1784-1856) and Charles James Blomfield (1786-1857), contemporaries at Trinity College, Cambridge, and collected in two volumes in 1826, illuminates the development of academic journals and classical scholarship. Volume 1 contains issues 1-4. Volume 2 contains issues 5-8.