| Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East: Volume 69 Contributor(s): Bagnall, Roger S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520267028 ISBN-13: 9780520267022 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 302.224 |
| LCCN: 2010023442 |
| Series: Sather Classical Lectures |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |