Originally published in 1949, Gilbert Highet's seminal The Classical Tradition is a herculean feat of comparative literature and a landmark publication in the history of classical reception. (Originally published in 1949, Gilbert Highet's seminal Th.) The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature He was also a contributor to such periodicals as Horizon, Virginia Quarterly Review, American Scholar, Classical Review, and Studies in Philology. Besides writing books, Highet also translated works, including Otto Kiefer's Sexual Life in Ancient Rome (1935), the three volumes of Werner Jaeger's Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture (1939, 1943, 1944), and poems for the Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation (1938). In 1972 he retired, becoming professor emeritus, and in 1976 he discussed his "further reflections" and musings on teaching in The Immortal Profession: The Joy of Teaching and Learning (1976).
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After the age of fifty he found some of the undergraduates too "arrogant" and teaching them to be too time-consuming during the last twenty years of his career at Columbia he received the most pleasure instructing graduate students. From 1965 until 1972, Highet was chair of the Greek and Latin department at Columbia. In 1958 he became chair of the editorial board of Horizon magazine. " Highet published his radio talks in four books, beginning with People, Places and Books (1953). The radio and television columnist of the New York Herald Tribune, John Crosby, wrote that each program was "extraordinarily well constructed, an essay in its particular field, and filled with exquisite satire. The program was eventually carried by some three hundred radio stations, as well as by the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Voice of America, and a division of the United States Veterans Administration. In the latter year he became judge for the Book-of-the-Month Club, while for seven years, 1952 until 1959, he gave a weekly fifteen-minute radio talk, "People, Places and Books, " which was initiated and sponsored by the Oxford University Press, first at WABF-FM and then at WQXR, both in New York City. The 1950's was a particularly busy period in Highet's career in teaching and writing (eight of his books were published in this decade).īetween 19 he served as the principal book reviewer for Harper's magazine. Highet's status as a classical scholar was enhanced by the publication of two books, The Classical Tradition (1949) and, especially, Juvenal the Satirist (1954), which he worked on for eighteen years and which was the first definitive work on the poet. " Among the characteristics of a good teacher he included knowledge both of what is being taught and of the pupil, as well as love for the subject and fondness for the student. In his book The Art of Teaching (1950), Highet presented his ideas on teaching, which he considered more an "art" than a "science. Large numbers of students attended his lectures because they were awed by his display of knowledge, stimulated by his enthusiasm for learning, and pleased by his theatrical approach, which included walking about the classroom and the ample use of gestures such as "waving his handkerchief.
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Highet achieved distinction and popularity as a teacher of the classics at Columbia.
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Highet returned to Columbia University in 1946, and in 1950 became Anthon Professor of Latin Language and Literature both he and his wife became United States citizens in 1951. Between 19 he served first as a lieutenant in the British army, working as a liaison to the United States and Canada as a member of the British mission in Washington, and then, in the years 1945-1946 (after being promoted to lieutenant colonel), as part of the British military government in Germany, where he was concerned with acquiring Nazi party property and locating war booty taken by the Germans from occupied countries.
DIOGENES AND ALEXANDER BY GILBERT HIGHET FULL
In 1938 he was made full professor of Greek and Latin at Columbia, which was a notable achievement for a thirty-two-year-old man.Įxcept for five years of leave during World War II, he remained at Columbia until his retirement. During these five years he served as editor of the New Oxford Outlook, a literary and political review, and cofounded the Oxford University Experimental Theatre Society. John's College, Oxford, serving first as a lecturer and then as a tutor. Between 19, Highet became fellow and lecturer in classics at St.