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Fake intellectuals and books of unquestionable authority in Aulus Gellius’s Noctes Atticae and Lucian’s aduersus Indoctum
Krauss, Katherine Elizabeth
Krauss, Katherine Elizabeth
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Abstract
This paper will explore how the material text operates as a literary motif in the self-consciously learned writings of the second century CE. By focusing on the function and significance of the book roll in Aulus Gellius' Noctes Atticae and Lucian's aduersus Indoctum, I will demonstrate how both works partake in a shared set of concerns about the physical book arising from their shared cultural milieu, rather than any direct intertextual relationships. Building on recent scholarly work on imperial reading practices, I hope to give a fuller treatment to the symbolic values of the book roll per se, which inform both Latin and Greek thought in the second century CE.
Keywords
Books, Libraries, Textual transmission
Date
2019
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Book chapter
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Book
On the Track of the Books: Scribes, Libraries, and Textual Transmission
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47-58
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Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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