{"product_id":"empire-of-letters-writing-in-roman-literature-and-thought-from-lucretius-to-ovid-9780190915407","title":"Empire of Letters: Writing in Roman Literature and Thought from Lucretius to Ovid","description":"Shedding new light on the history of the book in antiquity, \u003cem\u003eEmpire of Letters\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of writing at Rome at the pivotal moment of transition from Republic to Empire (c. 55 BCE-15 CE). By uniting close readings of the period's major authors with detailed analysis of material texts, it\u003cbr\u003eargues that the physical embodiments of writing were essential to the worldviews and self-fashioning of authors whose works took shape in them. Whether in wooden tablets, papyrus bookrolls, monumental writing in stone and bronze, or through the alphabet itself, Roman authors both idealized and\u003cbr\u003ecompeted with writing's textual forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe academic study of the history of the book has arisen largely out of the textual abundance of the age of print, focusing on the Renaissance and after. But fewer than fifty fragments of classical Roman bookrolls survive, and even fewer lines of poetry. Understanding the history of the ancient\u003cbr\u003eRoman book requires us to think differently about this evidence, placing it into the context of other kinds of textual forms that survive in greater numbers, from the fragments of Greek papyri preserved in the garbage heaps of Egypt to the Latin graffiti still visible on the walls of the cities\u003cbr\u003edestroyed by Vesuvius. By attending carefully to this kind of material in conjunction with the rich literary testimony of the period, \u003cem\u003eEmpire of Letters\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the importance of textuality itself to Roman authors, and puts the written word back at the center of Roman literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephanie Ann Frampton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190915407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephanie Ann Frampton\u003c\/strong\u003e is a classicist, comparatist, and historian of the book in antiquity. She is Associate Professor of Literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40349964468339,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":129.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_922f901a-c848-4599-ac41-334b918fae6a.jpg?v=1660050228","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/empire-of-letters-writing-in-roman-literature-and-thought-from-lucretius-to-ovid-9780190915407","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}