[PDF.44fl] Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities (Classical Culture and Society)

Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities (Classical Culture and Society)

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 | #1692356 in Books |  2012-05-01 |  2012-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.10 x.60 x9.10l,.75 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Very interesting|By Edward Yarborough|"Readers and Reading Culture" is a fascinating study of what the act of reading meant to a number of Second Century AD writers. Devoting a different chapter to each writer, Professor Johnson carefully considers what each ancient author says relative to reading, and makes some interesting deductions therefrom. This book is far more wide-rang| ||"[An] outstanding study of ancient reading practices.... A nuanced history of reading practices in one well-defined era with a clear social and political backdrop."--James Ker, Classical Journal||"This is a book full of imaginative insights, and ther

In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome. The investigation proceeds in case-study fashion using the principal surviving witnesses, beginning with the communities of Pliny and Tacitus (with a look at Pliny's teacher, Quintilian) from the time of the emperor Trajan. Johnson then moves on to explore elite reading during the era of the Antonines, includ...

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