Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Barchiesi, Alessandro.
• Scheidel, Walter, 1966-

Description

xvii, 947 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

"The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies is a unique collection oi fifty-five articles which together explore the ways in which ancient Rome has been, is, ami might be studied. It is intended less as an encyclopaedia of the well-established, and more a research tool to aid the development ol the subject: a guide that does not just inform but also inspires. The emphasis is on the different ways in which evidence can be used, on the breadth and potential of Roman Studies, and on informing dialogue between its subdisciplines, with the aim of widening the perspective of readers as well as meeting their particular needs for informations. The volume includes guidance on primary sources (especially useful in areas where this is complex, such as epigraphy and numismatics), and bibliographies of suggested reading." "The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of current thinking and research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading international figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences"--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

[Oxford handbooks]

Uniform Title

Oxford handbooks.

Alternative Title

• Handbook of Roman studies
• Roman studies

Subject

• Geschichte
• Civilization
• Kultur
• Rome > History
• Rome > Civilization
• Rome (Empire)
• Roma > Tarih
• Römisches Reich

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction / Alessandro Barchiesi and Walter Scheidel -- New media (and old) / James J. O'Donnell -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.

Call Number

DG209

ISBN

• 9780199211524 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 0199211523 (hardback : acid-free paper)

LCCN

2009944011

OCLC

501394997

Title

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

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Series

[Oxford handbooks]

Oxford handbooks.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Barchiesi, Alessandro.

Scheidel, Walter, 1966-

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR DG209 .O94 2010