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Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities

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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, with a focus on specific communities witnessed in surviving literary sources and in the papyri. 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.

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Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities 2012, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780199926718

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Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities 2010, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195176407

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