Uniting close readings of major authors of the late Republic and early Empire with the careful analysis of the material forms that Roman writing took--papyrus scrolls, waxed tablets, and monumental inscriptions in stone and bronze--Empire of Letters provides new ways of imagining the history of the book in the pre-modern world, showing how writing was essential to ancient Roman beliefs and practice.
Uniting close readings of major authors of the late Republic and early Empire with the careful analysis of the material forms that Roman writing took--papyrus scrolls, waxed tablets, and monumental inscriptions in stone and bronze--Empire of Letters provides new ways of imagining the history of the book in the pre-modern world, showing how writing was essential to ancient Roman beliefs and practice.
Stephanie Ann Frampton is a classicist, comparatist, and historian of the book in antiquity. She is Associate Professor of Classical Literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction: More Than Words Chapter 1: Classics and the Study of the Book Chapter 2: Writing and Identity Chapter 3: The Text of the World Chapter 4: Tablets of Memory Chapter 5: The Roman Poetry Book Chapter 6: Ovid and the Inscriptions Conclusion: Texts and Objects References Index locorum Index
Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction: More Than Words Chapter 1: Classics and the Study of the Book Chapter 2: Writing and Identity Chapter 3: The Text of the World Chapter 4: Tablets of Memory Chapter 5: The Roman Poetry Book Chapter 6: Ovid and the Inscriptions Conclusion: Texts and Objects References Index locorum Index
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