Roman Literary Culture from Plautus to Macrobius

by Elaine Fantham

Book Overview

This new edition broadens the scope of Fantham's study of literary production and its reception in Rome.

Scholars of ancient literature have often focused on the works and lives of major authors rather than on such questions as how these works were produced and who read them. In Roman Literary Culture, Elaine Fantham fills that void by examining the changing social and historical context of literary production in ancient Rome...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421408368
• ISBN13: 9781421408361
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"