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Roman Literary Culture: From Plautus to Macrobius
Elaine Fantham
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Description for Roman Literary Culture: From Plautus to Macrobius
Paperback. This edition includes a new preface and an updated bibliography. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Scholars of ancient literature have often focused on the works and lives of major authors rather than on such questions as how these works were produced and who read them. In Roman Literary Culture, Elaine Fantham fills that void by examining the changing social and historical context of literary production in ancient Rome and its empire. Fantham's first edition discussed the habits of Roman readers and developments in their means of access to literature, from booksellers and copyists to pirated publications and libraries. She examines the issues of patronage and the utility of literature and shows how the constraints ... Read more
Scholars of ancient literature have often focused on the works and lives of major authors rather than on such questions as how these works were produced and who read them. In Roman Literary Culture, Elaine Fantham fills that void by examining the changing social and historical context of literary production in ancient Rome and its empire. Fantham's first edition discussed the habits of Roman readers and developments in their means of access to literature, from booksellers and copyists to pirated publications and libraries. She examines the issues of patronage and the utility of literature and shows how the constraints ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Ancient Society and History
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421408361
SKU
V9781421408361
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About Elaine Fantham
Elaine Fantham is Giger Professor Emerita of Latin at Princeton University and an honorary fellow at Trinity College, University of Toronto. She is former president of the American Philological Association and was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal by the association in 2009. She is a coauthor of Women in the Classical World: Image and Text.
Reviews for Roman Literary Culture: From Plautus to Macrobius
Fantham offers a succinct but generous guide to recent scholarship in Latin literature. I heartily recommend her book to scholars of Latin literature, to instructors seeking a textbook for History of Latin Literature courses and to graduate students studying for exams.
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