This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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.
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.
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