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Roman Literary Culture
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Author : Elaine Fantham
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2013-07-18
Roman Literary Culture written by Elaine Fantham and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
This new edition broadens the scope of Fantham’s study of literary production and its reception in Rome. 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 of the physical object itself—the ancient "book"—influenced the practice of both reading and writing. She also explores the ways in which ancient criticism and critical attitudes reflected cultural assumptions of the time. In this second edition, Fantham expands the scope of her study. In the new first chapter, she examines the beginning of Roman literature—more than a century before the critical studies of Cicero and Varro. She discusses broader entertainment culture, which consisted of live performances of comedy and tragedy as well as oral presentations of the epic. A new final chapter looks at Pagan and Christian literature from the third to fifth centuries, showing how this period in Roman literature reflected its foundations in the literary culture of the late republic and Augustan age. This edition also includes a new preface and an updated bibliography.
Roman Literary Cultures
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Author : Alison Keith
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2016-01-01
Roman Literary Cultures written by Alison Keith and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-01 with Drama categories.
Drawing on the historicizing turn in Latin literary scholarship, Roman Literary Cultures combines new critical methods with traditional analysis across four hundred years of Latin literature, from mid-republican Rome in the second century BC to the Second Sophistic in the second century AD. The contributors explore Latin texts both famous and obscure, from Roman drama and Menippean satire through Latin elegies, epics, and novels to letters issued by Roman emperors and compilations of laws. Each of the essays in this volume combines close reading of Latin literary texts with historical and cultural contextualization, making the collection an accessible and engaging combination of formalist criticism and historicist exegesis that attends to the many ways in which classical Latin literature participated in ancient Roman civic debates.
Public Libraries And Literary Culture In Ancient Rome
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Author : Clarence Eugene Boyd
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Public Libraries And Literary Culture In Ancient Rome written by Clarence Eugene Boyd and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION The idea of founding public libraries in the capital of the Roman Empire originated with Julius Caesar: the actual realization of this idea was effected by Augustus. In the era of peace, so auspiciously dawning but soon so ruthlessly disturbed, none of the dictator's plans for the development of Rome was more significant than that of instituting libraries for public patronage. Caesar had doubtless long since learned to appreciate the value of the public libraries already established in important literary centers in Asia Minor, Egypt, and Greece, and could therefore easily foresee the function they were destined to perform among the Romans themselves. A twofold motive on Caesar's part is set forth by Suetonius:1 first, to reduce all existing codes of civil law to a more simplified form by extracting only the essential features and combining them in a select series of legal documents; and, secondly, to throw open to public use as many libraries2 as possible, both Greek and Latin, the duty of organizing and managing them to devolve upon Marcus Terentius Varro. Before so worthy an undertaking could be executed, however, political conditions suddenly changed. Caesar was assassinated, and Varro,3 likewise thwarted by his enemies, suffered at the hands of the proscriptionists--events which augured ill for the furtherance of literary interests at Rome. But, fortunately, the affairs of the new Empire were to be administered by a successor whose ambition lay in the direction of literary as well as political supremacy. Emphasizing the demands of literature and culture, Augustus began at an earlydate to consummate the scheme already proposed with reference to public libraries. For it was through his inspiration and encouragement that C....
Literature And Religion At Rome
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Author : Denis Feeney
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-01-13
Literature And Religion At Rome written by Denis Feeney and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-13 with History categories.
Recent reevaluations of Roman religion by ancient historians have stressed the vitality and creativity of the Romans' religious system throughout its long history of continual adaptation to new challenges. Capitalising on these insights, Denis Feeney argues that Roman literature was not an artificial or parasitic irrelevance in this context, but an important element of the dynamic religious culture, with its own status as another form of religious knowledge. Since Roman culture, both literary and religious, was so thoroughly Hellenised, the book also makes a case for a reconsideration of the traditional antitheses between Greek and Roman literature and religion, arguing against Hellenocentric prejudices and in favour of a more creative model of cultural interaction.
Public Libraries And Literary Culture In Ancient Rome Classic Reprint
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Author : Clarence Eugene Boyd
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-09-12
Public Libraries And Literary Culture In Ancient Rome Classic Reprint written by Clarence Eugene Boyd and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-12 with History categories.
Excerpt from Public Libraries and Literary Culture in Ancient Rome As no treatise dealing with public libraries in antiquity has survived from ancient or mediaeval times, it is only by the study of miscellaneous data afforded by classical literature, inscriptions, and monuments that a conception of public libraries in ancient Rome may be obtained. Employing such sources of information, the present inquiry will concern itself with the history, equipment, contents, manage ment, object, and cultural significance of the Roman public library. Particular attention will be directed to libraries in Rome during the first one hundred and fifty years of the Empire. The first four centuries, however, form the total period under general consideration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Literary Culture In The Holy Roman Empire 1555 1720
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Author : James A. Parente
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Literary Culture In The Holy Roman Empire 1555 1720 written by James A. Parente and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with European literature categories.
Public Libraries And Literary Culture In Ancient Rome
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Author : Clarence Eugene Boyd
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2018-02-15
Public Libraries And Literary Culture In Ancient Rome written by Clarence Eugene Boyd and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-15 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Literature And Culture In The Roman Empire 96 235
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Author : Alice König
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-30
Literature And Culture In The Roman Empire 96 235 written by Alice König and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-30 with History categories.
Discovers new connections and cross-fertilisations between different cultural, linguistic and religious communities in the Roman Empire.
Public Libraries And Literary Culture In Ancient Rome
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Author : C. E. Boyd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
Public Libraries And Literary Culture In Ancient Rome written by C. E. Boyd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with categories.
Roman Literature Under Nerva Trajan And Hadrian
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Author : Alice König
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-03-15
Roman Literature Under Nerva Trajan And Hadrian written by Alice König and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with History categories.
The first holistic study of Roman literature and literary culture under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138). Authors treated include Frontinus, Juvenal, Martial, Pliny the Younger, Plutarch, Quintilian, Suetonius and Tacitus. Key topics and approaches include recitation, allusion, intertextuality, 'extratextuality' and socioliterary interactions.