{"product_id":"classics-from-papyrus-to-the-jeffrey-m-hunt-9781477313022","title":"Classics from Papyrus to the Internet: An Introduction to Transmission and Reception","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, PROSE Award, Classics, Association of American Publishers (AAP), 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting down the epic tales of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus in texts that became the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e was a defining moment in the intellectual history of the West, a moment from which many current conventions and attitudes toward books can be traced. But how did texts originally written on papyrus in perhaps the eighth century BC survive across nearly three millennia, so that today people can read them electronically on a smartphone?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClassics from Papyrus to the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fresh, authoritative overview of the transmission and reception of classical texts from antiquity to the present. The authors begin with a discussion of ancient literacy, book production, papyrology, epigraphy, and scholarship, and then examine how classical texts were transmitted from the medieval period through the Renaissance and the Enlightenment to the modern era. They also address the question of reception, looking at how succeeding generations responded to classical texts, preserving some but not others. This sheds light on the origins of numerous scholarly disciplines that continue to shape our understanding of the past, as well as the determined effort required to keep the literary tradition alive. As a resource for students and scholars in fields such as classics, medieval studies, comparative literature, paleography, papyrology, and Egyptology, \u003ci\u003eClassics from Papyrus to the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e presents and discusses the major reference works and online professional tools for studying literary transmission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey M. Hunt, R. Alden Smith, Fabio Stok\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477313028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477313022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Jeffrey M. Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935566070015,"sku":"9781477313022","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4eb66946-1e4c-4d9e-9784-80cfeff5ab37.jpg?v=1681420545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/classics-from-papyrus-to-the-jeffrey-m-hunt-9781477313022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}