Roy Gibson, Ruth Morello

Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780521842921
• ISBN-10: 0521842921
• Artikelnr.: 34380257

Autorenporträt

Roy K. Gibson is Professor of Latin at the University of Manchester and the author of a commentary on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3 (Cambridge, 2003) and Excess and Restraint: Propertius, Horace and Ovid's Ars Amatoria (2007). He is co-editor with Ruth Morello of both Re-imagining Pliny the Younger (Arethusa special number 36.2, 2003) and of Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts (2011). He plans to work next on a commentary on Pliny, Letters Book 6.

Inhaltsangabe

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
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 a 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.