Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire

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Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire is written by William A. Johnson and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 019988420X (ISBN 10) and 9780199884209 (ISBN 13).

In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome, with a focus on specific communities witnessed in surviving literary sources and in the papyri. The result is a rich cultural history of individual reading communities that differentiate themselves in interesting ways even while in aggregate showing a coherent reading culture with fascinating similarities and contrasts to the reading culture of today.