Empire of Letters: Writing in Roman Literature and Thought from Lucretius to Ovid - Frampton, Stephanie Ann (Associate Professor of Classical Literature, Associate Professor of Classical Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780190915407 - February 4, 2019
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Empire of Letters: Writing in Roman Literature and Thought from Lucretius to Ovid

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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.


240 pages, 11

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 4, 2019
ISBN13 9780190915407
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Pages 224
Dimensions 243 × 165 × 22 mm   ·   430 g
Language English  

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