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Work in progress : literary revision as social performance in ancient Rome /

Work in Progress offers an in-depth study of the role of literary revision in the compositional practices and representational strategies of Roman authors at the end of the republic and the beginning of the principate. It focuses on Cicero, Horace, Quintilian, Martial, and Pliny the Younger, but als...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gurd, Sean Alexander, 1973-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:American classical studies ; no. 57.
Subjects:
Latin literature > History and criticism.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Authorship > Social aspects > Rome.
Authorship > Social aspects > Greece.
Authorship > Collaboration.
Editing.
Transmission of texts > Rome.
Transmission of texts > Greece.
Publishing
Littérature latine > Histoire et critique.
Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique.
Art d'écrire > Aspect social > Rome.
Art d'écrire > Aspect social > Grèce.
Coauteurs.
Édition.
Transmission de textes > Rome.
Transmission de textes > Grèce.
authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Authorship > Collaboration
Authorship > Social aspects
Editing
Greek literature
Latin literature
Transmission of texts
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Isocrates, Plato, and Quintilian : revision, pedagogy, and the formation of selves
  • Cicero : collective revision and a literary republic
  • Horace : revision, ridicule, and censorship
  • Pliny the Younger : genetic and general publics.