William A. Johnson
Duke University
24 Papers
89 Citations
William A. Johnson is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reading (process) & Papyrus. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 22 publications. Previous affiliations of William A. Johnson include University of Cincinnati.
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Toward a Sociology of Reading in Classical Antiquity
TL;DR: In the last century, scholarly debate on ancient reading has largely revolved around the question "Did the ancient Greeks and Romans read aloud or silently?" Given the recent work of Gavrilov and Burnyeat, which has set the debate on new, seemingly firmer footing, the question is at first glance easily answered as discussed by the authors.
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Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities
William A. Johnson
- 03 Jun 2010
TL;DR: The Papyri: Scholars and Reading Communities in Graeco-Roman Egypt as mentioned in this paper, and the Dialogus de oratoribus of Aulus Gellius: The Life of the Litteratus 7. Fronto and Aurelius: Contubernium and Solitary Reader 8. Lucian's Insufficient Intellectual 9.
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Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire
William A. Johnson
- 21 Apr 2010
TL;DR: The Papyri: Scholars and Reading Communities in Graeco-Roman Egypt as discussed by the authors, and the Dialogus de oratoribus of Aulus Gellius: The Life of the Litteratus 7. Fronto and Aurelius: Contubernium and Solitary Reader 8. Lucian's Insufficient Intellectual 9.
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Bookrolls and scribes in Oxyrhynchus
TL;DR: Johnson as mentioned in this paper analyzed over 400 bookrolls to understand the production, use, and aesthetics of the ancient book and found some intriguing questions and provisional answers about the ways in which the use and function of the bookroll among ancient readers may differ from modern or medieval practice.
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Musical Evenings in the early Empire: new evidence from a Greek papyrus with musical notation
TL;DR: With disarmingly open conceit, the Younger Pliny tells Pontius Allifanus that "my hendecasyllables are read, are copied, are even sung, and Greeks (who have learned Latin out of love for my poetry book) make my verses resound to cithara and lyre" (Epist 749).
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