The classicism of Hugh Trevor-Roper

Malloch, S.J.V. (2015) The classicism of Hugh Trevor-Roper. Cambridge Classical Journal, 61 . pp. 29-61. ISSN 1750-2705

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Abstract

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through his ‘Apologia transfugae’ (1973), which explains his rationale for abandoning classics, and published and unpublished writings attesting to his classicism, especially his first publication ‘Homer unmasked!’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.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/758475
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Arts > School of Humanities > Department of Classics
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1750270515000068
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 16 Jun 2016 10:36
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:14
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/34153

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