{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-the-senses-in-antiquity-9781350077843","title":"A Cultural History of the Senses in Antiquity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJerry Toner is Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLeisure and Ancient Rome\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003ePopular Culture in Ancient Rome\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eHomer's Turk: How Classics Shaped Ideas of the East\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eRoman Disasters\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs part of Classen’s larger series, the book will be a desirable addition to student-focused libraries ... Toner’s volume succeeds in demonstrating how “antiquity ... was a period when the senses were experienced vividly\". * Canadian Journal of History\/Annales canadiennes d’histoire *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Sensing the Ancient Past \u003ci\u003eJerry Toner (University of Cambridge, UK\u003c\/i\u003e) 1. The Social Life of the Senses: Feasts and Funerals \u003ci\u003eDavid Potter (University of Michigan, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Urban Sensations: Opulence and Ordure \u003ci\u003eGregory S. Aldrete (University of Wisconsin, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. The Senses in the Marketplace: The Luxury Market and Eastern Trade in Ancient Rome \u003ci\u003eAndrew Wallace-Hadrill (University of Cambridge, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. The Senses in Religion: Piety, Critique, Competition \u003ci\u003eSusan Ashbrook Harvey (Brown University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. The Senses in Philosophy and Science: Five Conceptions from Heraclitus to Plato \u003ci\u003eAshley Clements (Trinity College Dublin, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Medicine and the Senses: Humours, Potions and Spells \u003ci\u003eHelen King (The Open University, UK) and Jerry Toner (University of Cambridge, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. The Senses in Literature: Falling in Love in an Ancient Greek Novel \u003ci\u003eSilvia Montiglio (Johns Hopkins Universitry, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e8. Art and the Senses: The Artistry of Bodies, Stages and Cities in the Greco-Roman World \u003ci\u003eMark Bradley (University of Nottingham, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Sensory Media: Representation, Communication, and Performance in Ancient Literature Benjamin Stevens \u003ci\u003e(Hollins University, USA) \u003c\/i\u003eNotes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529216991575,"sku":"9781350077843","price":40.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350077843.jpg?v=1731874756","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-the-senses-in-antiquity-9781350077843","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}