Writing, enslavement, and power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE-300 CE /

This volume assembles twenty-two scholars from the fields of classics and early Christian studies to interrogate the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in scholarship on book history and Atlantic slavery, the authors demonstra...

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Hauptverfasser:
Coogan, Jeremiah, Moss, Candida, Howley, Joseph A.
Weitere Verfasser:
Coogan, Jeremiah (HerausgeberIn), Moss, Candida (HerausgeberIn), Howley, Joseph A. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
This volume assembles twenty-two scholars from the fields of classics and early Christian studies to interrogate the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in scholarship on book history and Atlantic slavery, the authors demonstrate the myriad ways in which the material and intellectual contributions of enslaved literary workers were vital to the composition, editing, copying, circulation, reading, and preservation of Roman texts.
Umfang:
1 online resource (382 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-776997-7
0-19-776998-5
0-19-776999-3
Schlagworte:
Latin literature > Themes, motives.
Slavery in literature.
Enslaved persons' writings.
Slavery > Rome > History.
Slavery > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500.
Literature.
Literature: history & criticism.
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