01381nam a2200277 a 450000500170000000800200001702000180003704100080005508200140006308200130007710000230009010000110011324500570012424500330018124500230021426000110023726000280024826000090027630000110028530000300029630000100032652006440033665000250098065000320100585600660103720260119071016.02023-08-02 13:05:33  a9780195176407  aeng  a028.90937  bW716-J66  aWilliam A. Johnson  eAuthor  aReaders and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire  bA study of elite communities  cWilliam A. Johnson  aU.S.A.  bOxford University Press  c2010  a227tr.  bHardcover,  illustrations  c25 cm  aIn 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... The result is a rich cultural history of individual reading communities that differentiate themselves in interesting ways even while in aggregate showing a coherent reading culture with fascinating similarities and contrasts to the reading culture of today.  aRome -- Civilization  aIntellect -- Social aspects4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11374/17.jpgyCover Image