Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East Paperback / softback
by Roger S. Bagnall
Part of the Sather Classical Lectures series
Paperback / softback
Description
Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world - that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution - has perished.
Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, leading papyrologist Roger S.
Bagnall convincingly argues that ordinary people - from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan - used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has been recognized.
Marshalling new and little-known evidence, including remarkable graffiti recently discovered in Smyrna, Bagnall presents a fascinating analysis of writing in different segments of society.
His book offers a new picture of literacy in the ancient world in which Aramaic rivals Greek and Latin as a great international language, and in which many other local languages develop means of written expression alongside these metropolitan tongues.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, 72 b-w photographs and 11 tables
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:23/04/2012
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- ISBN:9780520275799
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, 72 b-w photographs and 11 tables
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:23/04/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520275799
