Nox philologiae Aulus Gellius and the fantasy of the Roman library - Gunderson, Erik (University of Wisconsin Press, 2009)
Translated from the Latin
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and indexes
Cover13; -- Contents -- Editor8217;s Title Page -- Editor8217;s Preface -- Original Title Page -- The Author8217;s Preface: Verfremdungseffekt -- The Other Preface: Again and Again -- The Third Preface: Gellius8217;s Preface -- Table of Contents -- Volume One -- Book One: Authority -- Book Two: Logic -- Book Three: Usage -- Book Four: Index of Names -- Book Five: Index of Things -- Volume Two -- Book Six: Books of Books -- Book Seven: Authors of the Author -- Book Eight: Readers of Readings -- Appendix: It Was to Be/It Is to Be -- Unplaced Fragments -- Spurious Fragments -- Bibliography
This esoteric and original study focuses on the equally singular work of Aulus Gellius--a Roman author and grammarian (ca. 120-180 A.D.), possibly of African origin. Gellius's only work, the twenty-volume "Noctes Atticae"," "is an exploding, sometimes seemingly random text-cum-diary in which Gellius jotted down everything of interest he heard in conversation or read in contemporary books