THE CONTENTS: 1) The tyranny of the evidence: a discussion of the possible uses of literacy in Etruria and Latium in the archaic age. 2) Ancient literacy and the function of the written word in Roman religion. 3) Statistics or states of mind? 4) Literacy and the parietal inscriptions of Pompeii. 5) L'ecriture en quete de lecteurs 6) Literacy in the Roman empire: mass and mode. 7) Conquest by book 8) Ancient illiteracy.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Light foxing to textblock.; Contents: Tim Cornell: The tyranny of the evidence: a discussion of the possible uses of literacy in Etruria and Latiumin the archaic age; Mary Beard: Ancient literacy and the function of the written word in Roman religion; Nicholas Horsfall: Statistics or states of mind? ; James L. Franklin Jr. : Literacy and the parietal inscriptions of Pompeii; Mireille Corbier: Lâecriture en quĂȘte de lecteurs; Alan K. Bowman: Literacy in the Roman empire: mass and mode; Keith Hopkins: Conquest by book. Ann Ellis Hanson: Ancient illiteracy; Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series #3; 198 pages. Seller Inventory # 27435
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Seller: Ancient World Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Contents: Tim Cornell: The tyranny of the evidence: a discussion of the possible uses of literacy in Etruria and Latiumin the archaic age; Mary Beard: Ancient literacy and the function of the written word in Roman religion; Nicholas Horsfall: Statistics or states of mind? ; James L. Franklin Jr. : Literacy and the parietal inscriptions of Pompeii; Mireille Corbier: Lâecriture en quĂȘte de lecteurs; Alan K. Bowman: Literacy in the Roman empire: mass and mode; Keith Hopkins: Conquest by book. Ann Ellis Hanson: Ancient illiteracy; Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series #3; 198 pages. Seller Inventory # 39758
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