9780199926718-0199926719-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)

ISBN-13: 9780199926718
ISBN-10: 0199926719
Edition: Reprint
Author: William A. Johnson
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 240 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780199926718
ISBN-10: 0199926719
Edition: Reprint
Author: William A. Johnson
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 240 pages

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Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities (Classical Culture and Society) (ISBN-13: 9780199926718 and ISBN-10: 0199926719), written by authors William A. Johnson, was published by Oxford University Press in 2012. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities (Classical Culture and Society) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.96.

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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, including the medical community around Galen, the philological community around Gellius and Fronto (with a look at the curious reading habits of Fronto's pupil Marcus Aurelius), and the intellectual communities lampooned by the satirist Lucian. Along the way, evidence from the papyri is deployed to help to understand better and more concretely both the mechanics of reading, and the social interactions that surrounded the ancient book. The result is a rich cultural history of individual reading communities that differentiate themselves in interesting ways even while in aggregate showing a coherent reading culture with fascinating similarities and contrasts to the reading culture of today.

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