The Liberal Education of Charles Eliot Norton

James Turner's biography offers the first modern account of Norton's life and its significance, following him from his perilous travels across India as a young merchant to his role as his country's preeminent cultural critic. Turner shows how Norton developed the key ideas that still...

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Main Author: Turner, James C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 1999
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