The Oxford handbook of Roman studies

The Oxford handbook of Roman studies / edited by Alessandro Barchiesi and Walter Scheidel.

This book contains papers by more than fifty scholars who elucidate the contribution of material as well as literary culture to our understanding of the Roman Empire. The emphasis is particularly upon the new and exciting links between the various sub-disciplines that make up Roman Studies - for exa...

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Other Authors: Barchiesi, Alessandro, Scheidel, Walter, 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:Oxford handbooks.
Subjects:
800 b.C.-500 a.C.
15.52 Roman Empire.
Civilization
Geschichte
Roman antiquity.
Rome > History.
Rome > Civilization.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Roman Empire.
History
Textbooks (form)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Alessandro Barchiesi, Walter Scheidel
  • New media (and old) / James J. O'Donnell
  • Part I. Tools. Transmission and textual criticism / Mario De Nonno ; Iconography / Charles Brian Rose ; Linguistics / Joshua T. Katz ; Archaeology / Henry Hurst ; Epigraphy / John Bodel ; Papyrology / Roger S. Bagnall ; Numismatics / William E. Metcalf ; Prosopography / Werner Eck ; Metre / Llewelyn Morgan ; Literary criticism / Joseph Farrell ; Translation / Susanna Braund
  • Part II. Approaches. Style / Alfonso Traina ; Gender studies / Anthony Corbeill ; Culture-based approaches / Matthew Roller ; Anthropology / Maurizio Bettini ; Roman identity / Emma Dench ; Performance / Michèle Lowrie ; Psychoanalysis and the Roman imaginary / Ellen Oliensis ; Art and representation / Eugenio La Rocca ; Reception / Andrew Laird ; Between formalism and historicism / Stephen Hinds
  • Part III. Genres. Rhetoric / Andrew Riggsby ; Historiography and biography / Christina Shuttleworth Kraus ; Epic / Philip Hardie ; First-person poetry / Kathleen McCarthy ; Theatre / Florence Dupont ; Letters / Jennifer Ebbeler ; Novels / Ellen Finkelpearl ; Scholarship / Robert A. Kaster
  • Part IV. History. Early Rome / Nicola Terrenato ; The imperial republic / Harriet I. Flower ; The early imperial monarchy / Carlos F. Noreña ; The later Roman Empire / Richard Lim ; Power / William V. Harris ; Urbanism / Nicholas Purcell ; Economy and quality of life / Walter Scheidel ; Family and society / Beryl Rawson ; Freedom and slavery / Keith Bradley ; Law / Jill Harries ; Spectacle / Kathleen M. Coleman ; Imperial ecumene and polyethnicity / Peter Fibiger Bang ; After antiquity / Clifford Ando
  • Part V. Ideas. Philosophy / David Sedley ; Political theory / Joy Connolly ; Hellenism / Tim Whitmarsh ; Religious Pluralism / Jörg Rüpke ; Judaism / Seth Schwartz ; Christianity / Hagith Sivan ; Sexuality / Rebecca Flemming ; Women / Kristina Milnor ; Space and geography / Kai Brodersen ; Architecture / Edmund Thomas ; Science / Paul T. Keyser ; Time and calendar / Denis Feeney.

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