内容简介
OriginallywrittenbythelateWheelock(formerlyofHarvardU.,theCollegeoftheCityofNewYorkandelsewhere)andrevisedfortheneweditionbyLaFleur(classics,U.ofGeorgia),thissingle-volumeintroductoryLatintextbookbuildsonoriginalLatinwritingschosenfortheirinherentinterest,ratherthanmerelybecauseoftheirillustrationofformsandsyntax,andconstructsthepedagogicalplanbasedonthem.ThetextbookthusbecomesanintroductionbothtothelanguageandtoRomanexperienceandthought.
作者简介
FredericM.Wheelock(1902-1987)receivedtheA.B.,A.M.,andPh.D.degreesfromHarvardUniversity.HislonganddistinguishedteachingcareerincludedappointmentsatHaverfordCollege,HarvardUniversity,theCollegeoftheCityofNewYork,BrooklynCollege,CazenoviaJuniorCollege(whereheservedasDean),theDarrowSchoolforBoys(NewLebanon,NY),theUniversityofToledo(fromwhichheretiredasfullProfessorin1968),andavisitingprofessorshipatFloridaPresbyterian(nowEckert)College.Hepublishedanumberofarticlesandreviewsinthefieldsoftextualcriticism,palaeography,andthestudyofLatin;inadditiontoWheelock'sLatin(previouslytitledLatin:AnIntroductoryCourseBasedonAncientAuthors),hisbooksincludeLatinLiterature:ABookofReadingsandQuintilianasEducator(trans.H.E.Butler;introd.andnotesbyProf.Wheelock).ProfessorWheelockwasamemberoftheAmericanClassicalLeague,theAmericanPhilologicalAssociation,andtheClassicalAssociationoftheAtlanticStates.