The Roman book : books, publishing and performance in classical Rome.
| 1. Verfasser: |
Winsbury, Rex
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London :
Duckworth,
2011.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xii, 236 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Classical literature and society
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| ISBN: | 0715638297 9780715638293 |
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Myths and anachronisms : the need for a new look at Roman publishing
- Format wars : scroll volume codex, papyrus volume parchment, pagan volume Christian
- Don't mess up the aesthetics : marching columns and rivers of letters
- Did the medium shape the message? Deciphering the author's intent
- Atticus and Company : Roman publishers?
- Bookshops and copyshops : a trip to Rome's Argiletum and Sigillaria
- Books for looks : the library shelves as imperial patronage
- Slavery as the enabling infrastructure of Roman literature
- Getting into circulation : from private space to public space
- Effecte! Graviter! Cito! Nequitur! Euge! Beate! : the recitatio as act of publication
- Literature of the voice : 'toss me a coin and I'll tell you a golden story'
- Battle for survival : mice and worms, plagiarism and posterity
- Bookburning and treason : 'a time of savagery even in peace'
- Scripts for all classes : the theatre of Rome, Rome as theatre
- Unitary culture : elite self-definition and Romanitas for all.
