Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire - A Study of Elite Communities

Zusatztext this book deserves to find a wide readership - and not only within the narrow reading communities of professional classicists and historians. Informationen zum Autor William A. Johnson is Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Duke University. Klappentext Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire is a rich cultural history of individual reading communities that differentiate themselves in interesting ways. Zusammenfassung Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire is a rich cultural history of individual reading communities that differentiate themselves in interesting ways. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations 1. Reading as a Sociocultural System 2. The Pragmatics of Reading 3. Pliny and the Construction of Literary Culture 4. Pliny, Tacitus, and the Dialogus de oratoribus 5. Doctors and Intellectuals: Galen's Reading Community 6. Aulus Gellius: The Life of the Litteratus 7. Fronto and Aurelius: Contubernium and Solitary Reader 8. Lucian's Insufficient Intellectual 9. The Papyri: Scholars and Reading Communities in Graeco-Roman Egypt 10. Conclusion References Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William A Johnson, William A. Johnson, Johnson William A.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2012
• EAN: 9780199926718
• ISBN: 978-0-19-992671-8
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Classical Culture and Society; Classical Culture and Society
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory