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Nox philologiae : Aulus Gellius and the fantasy of the Roman library / Erik Gunderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gunderson, Erik.
- Series:
- Wisconsin studies in classics.
- Wisconsin studies in classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Greco-Roman--Sources.
- Civilization, Greco-Roman.
- Learning and scholarship--Rome.
- Learning and scholarship.
- Gellius, Aulus. Noctes Atticae.
- Gellius, Aulus.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 313 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This esoteric and original study focuses on the equally singular work of Aulus Gellius--a Roman author and grammarian (ca. 120-180 A.D.), possibly of African origin. Gellius's only work, the twenty-volume Noctes Atticae,is an exploding, sometimes seemingly random text-cum-diary in which Gellius jotted down everything of interest he heard in conversation or read in contemporary books.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Editor's Title Page
- Editor's Preface
- Original Title Page
- The Author's Preface: Verfremdungseffekt
- The Other Preface: Again and Again
- The Third Preface: Gellius's Preface
- Table of Contents
- Volume One
- Book One: Authority
- Book Two: Logic
- Book Three: Usage
- Book Four: Index of Names
- Book Five: Index of Things
- Volume Two
- Book Six: Books of Books
- Book Seven: Authors of the Author
- Book Eight: Readers of Readings
- Appendix: It Was to Be/It Is to Be
- Unplaced Fragments
- Spurious Fragments
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Latin.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-76592-2
- 9786612765926
- 0-299-22973-4
- OCLC:
- 669519778
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