The Roman Paratext

Frame, Texts, Readers
Herausgeber: Jansen, Laura

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first synoptic study of the interplay of frame, texts and readers in classical studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 179mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 827g
• ISBN-13: 9781107024366
• ISBN-10: 1107024366
• Artikelnr.: 39633218

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: approaches to Roman paratextuality Laura Jansen; 1. Crossing
the threshold: Genette, Catullus, and the psychodynamics of paratextuality
Duncan F. Kennedy; 2. Starting with the index in Pliny Roy Gibson; 3. The
topography of the law book: common structure and modes of reading Matthijs
Wibier; 4. Cicero's capita Shane Butler; 5. Tarda solacia: liminal
temporalities of Statius' prose prefaces Grant Parker; 6. Inter-titles as
deliberate misinformation in Ammianus Marcellinus Roger Rees; 7.
Paratextual perspectives upon the SC de Pisone Patre Alison Cooley; 8.
Paratext and intertext in the Propertian poetry book Donncha O'Rourke; 9.
Pictorial paratexts: floating figures in Roman wall painting Hérica
Valladares; 10. The paratext of Amores 1: gaming the system Ellen Oliensis;
11. 'Sealing' the book: the sphragis as paratext Irene Peirano; 12.
Paraintertextuality: Spenser's classical paratexts in The Shepheardes
Calender Bruce Gibson; 13. Modern covers and paratextual strategy in
Ovidian elegy Laura Jansen.