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Record Nr.

UNISA996213385003316

Autore

Kallendorf Craig

Titolo

The Protean Virgil : material form and the reception of the classics / / Craig Kallendorf [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-179412-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Classical presences

Classificazione

18.41

Disciplina

801.95

Soggetti

Reader-response criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of illustrations -- 1. Material instabilities -- 2. Manuscripts -- 3. Printed books I: text -- 4. Printed books II: illustrations -- 5. Computers -- References -- Indices. General index -- Index of manuscripts cited -- Index of Virgilian editions cited -- Index of passages.

Sommario/riassunto

Taking Virgil's poetry as a case study, 'The Protean Virgil' argues that when we try to understand different readers' varying responses to the same text over time, we should take into account the physical form in which they read the text (e.g. manuscripts, books, or computerized files) as well as the text itself.