Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities

(Part of the Classical Culture and Society Series)

by William A. Johnson

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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,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199926719

ISBN13:9780199926718

Release Date:May 2012

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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