Ilaria Marchesi

The Art of Pliny's Letters

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First book to treat Pliny's epistles as a work of literature, illuminating contemporary cultural debates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780521882279
• ISBN-10: 0521882273
• Artikelnr.: 23117346

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The semiotics of structure
2. Sed quid ego tam gloriose? Pliny's choice of poetics
3. The importance of being Secundus: Tacitus' voice in Pliny's letters
4. Storming historiography: Pliny's voice in Tacitus' texts
5. Overcoming Ciceronian anxiety: Pliny's niche/nike in literary history
From dawn till dusk: four notes in lieu of a conclusion
Appendix to Chapter 5.