Work in progress : Literary Revision as Social Performance in Ancient Rome / Sean Alexander Gurd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gurd, Sean Alexander, 1973-

Series:

American classical studies ; v. 57.

American classical studies ; v. 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin literature--History and criticism.

Latin literature.

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Authorship--Social aspects--Rome.

Authorship.

Authorship--Social aspects--Greece.

Authorship--Collaboration.

Editing.

Transmission of texts--Rome.

Transmission of texts.

Transmission of texts--Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 also offers discussions of Isocrates, Plato, and Hellenistic poetry. The book's central argument is that revision made textuality into a medium of social exchange. Revisions were not always made by authors working alone: often, they were the result of conversations between an author and friends or lite

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Abbreviations and Titles; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Isocrates, Plato, and Quintilian: Revision, Pedagogy, and the Formation of Selves; Chapter 3 Cicero: Collective Revision and a Literary Republic; Chapter 4 Horace: Revision, Ridicule, and Censorship; Chapter 5 Pliny the Younger: Genetic and General Publics; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 20, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-164) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-020871-6

1-283-42750-8

9786613427502

0-19-983752-X

OCLC:

773933053