Rituals in Ink : A Conference on Religion and Literary Production in Ancient Rome Held at Stanford University in February 2002

Ancient rituals are frequently known through descriptions in highly literary texts only. Religious and ritual studies have used such texts rather uncritically as osourceso for a reconstruction of ritual action, literary critics have tended to neglect such longish and technically laden passages. Focussing on Rome, the contributors combine literary and ritual interest in a fresh reading of central passages of Latin elegy, epic and historiography, thus offering new perspectives on literary strategies and illustrating the importance of religion in Roman culture and literature. From the Contents D. Feeney: Interpreting sacrificial ritualBarchiesi, Alessandro is the author of 'Rituals in Ink : A Conference on Religion and Literary Production in Ancient Rome Held at Stanford University in February 2002', published 2004 under ISBN 9783515085267 and ISBN 3515085262.