Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (e-bog) af Bagnall, Roger S.
Bagnall, Roger S. (forfatter)

Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East e-bog

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Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world-that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution-has perished. Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, leading papyrologist Roger S. Bagnall convincingly argues that ordinary people-from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan-used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has bee...
E-bog 302,96 DKK
Forfattere Bagnall, Roger S. (forfatter)
Udgivet 5 januar 2011
Længde 200 sider
Genrer AFJG
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780520948525
Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world-that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution-has perished. Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, leading papyrologist Roger S. Bagnall convincingly argues that ordinary people-from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan-used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has been recognized. Marshalling new and little-known evidence, including remarkable graffiti recently discovered in Smyrna, Bagnall presents a fascinating analysis of writing in different segments of society. His book offers a new picture of literacy in the ancient world in which Aramaic rivals Greek and Latin as a great international language, and in which many other local languages develop means of written expression alongside these metropolitan tongues.