Classics from papyrus to the internet : an introduction to transmission and reception / Jeffrey M. Hunt, R. Alden Smith, Fabio Stok ; foreword by Craig Kallendorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, Jeffrey Michael, author.

Stok, Fabio, author.

Smith, R. Alden, author.

Contributor:

Kallendorf, Craig, writer of foreword.

Series:

Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture.

Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical philology--History and criticism.

Classical philology.

Learning and scholarship--History.

Learning and scholarship.

Communication in learning and scholarship--Technological innovations.

Communication in learning and scholarship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, [Texas] : University of Texas Press, 2017.

Summary:

A "valuable and useful" history of the efforts and innovations that have kept ancient literary classics alive through the centuries ( New England Classical Journal ). Writing down the epic tales of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus in texts that became the Iliad and the Odyssey was a defining moment in the intellectual history of.

Contents:

Writing and literature in antiquity

Grammar, scholarship, and scribal practice from antiquity to the middle ages

Classical reception from antiquity to the middle ages

Classics and humanists

Classical texts in the age of printing

Tools for the modern scholar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4773-1303-6

OCLC:

989512918