Empire of Letters

Auteur: Frampton, Stephanie Ann (Associate Professor of Literature, Associate Professor of Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Editeur: Oxford University Press Inc
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.

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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.
ISBN / EAN 9780190915407
Auteur Frampton, Stephanie Ann (Associate Professor of Literature, Associate Professor of Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Editeur Oxford University Press Inc