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The Roman Book: Books, Publishing and Performance in Classical Rome (Classical Literature and Society Series)

 
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The Roman Book: Books, Publishing and Performance in Classical Rome (Classical Literature and Society Series)

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What was a Roman book? How did it differ from modern books? How were Roman books composed, published and distributed during the high period of Roman literature that encompassed, among others, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Martial, Pliny and Tacitus? What was the scribal art of the time? What was the role of bookshops and libraries? The publishing of Roman books has often been misrepresented by false analogies with contemporary publishing. This wide-ranging study re-examines, by appeal to what Roman authors themselves tell us, both the raw material and the aesthetic criteria of the Roman book, and shows how slavery was the enabling infrastructure of literature. Roman publishing is placed firmly in the context of a society where the spoken still ranked above the written, helping to explain how some books and authors became politically dangerous and how the Roman book could be both an elite cultural icon and a contributor to Rome 's popular culture through the mass medium of the theatre.

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EAN/ISBN:
9780715638293
Edition:
Illustrated
Format:
Illustriert
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
246
Publication date:
2009-03-26
Publisher:
Bristol Classical Press
EAN/ISBN:
9780715638293
Edition:
Illustrated
Format:
Illustriert
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
246
Publication date:
2009-03-26
Publisher:
Bristol Classical Press

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