Nox Philologiae: Aulus Gellius and the Fantasy of the Roman Library (Wisconsin Studies in Classics) free ebook download.

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Author(s):	Erik Gunderson

Date:	2008-12-08	Format:	PDF	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	029922970X
Pages:	344	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:	9780299229702
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In this strikingly original and playful work, Erik Gunderson examines questions of reading the pastan enterprise extending from antiquity to the present day. This esoteric and original study focuses on the equally singular work of Aulus Gelliusa Roman author and grammarian (ca. 120-180 A.D.), possibly of African origin. Gelliuss only work, the twenty-volume Noctes Atticae,is an exploding, sometimes seemingly random text-cum-diary in which Gellius jotted down everything of interest he heard in conversation or read in contemporary books. Comprising notes on Roman and classical grammar, geometry, philosophy, and history, it is a one-work overview of Latin scholarship, thought, and intellectual culture, a combination condensed library and cabinet of curiosities.
Gunderson tackles Gellius with exuberance, placing him in the larger culture of antiquarian literature. Purposely echoing Gelliuss own swooping word-play and digressions, he explores the techniques by which knowledge was produced and consumed in Gelliuss day, as well as in our own time. The resulting book is as much pure creative fun as it is a major work of scholarship informed by the theories of Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and Jacques Derrida.

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