Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire <subTitle>A study of elite communities</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>William A. Johnson</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Oxford University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2010</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>227tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>25 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>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... 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.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">William A. Johnson</note> <subject> <topic>Rome -- Civilization</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Intellect -- Social aspects</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">028.90937</classification> <classification authority="ddc">W716-J66</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780195176407</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11374/17.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11374/17.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071016.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>