Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger
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This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context and adopting a fresh and innovative approach to reading the letters as an artistically structured collection. Chapter 1 traces Pliny's autobiographical narrative throughout the Letters; Chapter 2 undertakes detailed study of Book 6 as an artistic entity; while Chapter 3 sets Pliny's letters within a Roman epistolographical tradition dominated by Cicero and Seneca. Chapters 4 to 7 study thematic letter cycles within the collection, including those on Pliny's famous country villas and his relationships with Pliny the Elder and Tacitus. The final chapter focuses on the 'grand design' which unifies and structures the collection. Four detailed appendices give invaluable historical and scholarly context, including a helpful timeline for Pliny's life and career, detailed bibliographical help on over 30 popular topics in Pliny's letters and a summary of the main characters mentioned in the Letters.
Title |
Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger : an introduction / Roy K. Gibson and Ruth Morello. |
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Edition |
1st ed. |
Publisher |
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
Creation Date |
2012 |
Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
Content |
Introduction -- 1. Reading a life: Letters, Book 1 -- 2. Reading a book: Letters, Book 6 -- 3. Epistolary models: Cicero and Seneca -- 4. Pliny's elders and betters: the Elder Pliny, Vestricius Spurinna, Corellius Rufus, Verginius Rufus (and Silius Italicus) -- 5. Pliny's peers: reading for the addressee -- 6. Otium: how to manage leisure -- 7. Reading the villa letters: 9.7, 2.17, 5.6 -- 8. The grand design: how to read the collection -- Appendix 1. A Pliny timeline, and the great Comum inscription -- Appendix 2. Letters 1-9: catalogue of contents and addressees -- Appendix 3. Popular topics in the Letters: bibliographical help -- Appendix 4. Index of main characters in the Letters. |
Extent |
1 online resource (xi, 350 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010718938705171 |
MARC RECORDS
Tags
- Pliny, the Younger. Correspondence Criticism, Textual.
- Pliny, the Younger Criticism and interpretation.
- Caius Plinius, Secundus
- Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
- Gaĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Pliniĭ Sekund, Mladshiĭ
- Gaj Plinije, Mlađi
- Kaĭ Pliniĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Vtoroĭ
- Pline, le Jeune
- Pliniĭ, Mladshiĭ
- Plinio, el Joven
- Plinio, il giovane
- nna Plinius Caecilius Secundus, C.
- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Caius
- Plinius, Caius, Secundus
- Pliny, the Consul
- Letter writing, Latin History To 1500.
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