03441nam 2200661Ia 450 991097452740332120240418054444.09780299288334029928833197812836921991283692198(CKB)2670000000275632(OCoLC)813392075(CaPaEBR)ebrary10613076(SSID)ssj0000759482(PQKBManifestationID)11517312(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759482(PQKBWorkID)10782853(PQKB)11777913(MiAaPQ)EBC3445262(MdBmJHUP)muse19150(Au-PeEL)EBL3445262(CaPaEBR)ebr10613076(CaONFJC)MIL400469(OCoLC)927484117(Perlego)4512152(EXLCZ)99267000000027563220111014d2012 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe gift of correspondence in classical Rome friendship in Cicero's Ad familiares and Seneca's Moral epistles /Amanda Wilcox1st ed.Madison University of Wisconsin Pressc20121 online resource (244 p.) Wisconsin studies in classicsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780299288341 029928834X Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Cicero - The Social Life of Letters -- 1. Euphemism and Its Limits -- 2. Consolation and Competition -- 3. Absence and Increase -- 4. Recommendation -- Part Two: Seneca - Commercium Epistularum: The Gift Refigured -- 5. From Practice to Metaphor -- 6. Rehabilitating Friendship -- 7. Redefining Identity: Persons, Letters, Friends -- 8. Consolation and Community -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index Locorum.Amanda Wilcox offers an innovative approach to two major collections of Roman letters-Cicero's Ad Familiares and Seneca's Moral Epistles -informed by modern cross-cultural theories of gift-giving. By viewing letters and the practice of correspondence as a species of gift exchange, Wilcox provides a nuanced analysis of neglected and misunderstood aspects of Roman epistolary rhetoric and the social dynamics of friendship in Cicero's correspondence. Turning to Seneca, she shows that he both inherited and reacted against Cicero's euphemistic rhetoric and social practices, and she analyzes how Seneca transformed the rhetoric of his own letters from an instrument of social negotiation into an idiom for ethical philosophy and self-reflection. Though Cicero and Seneca are often viewed as a study in contrasts, Wilcox extensively compares their letters, underscoring Cicero's significant influence on Seneca as a prose stylist, philosopher, and public figure. Wisconsin studies in classics.Authors, LatinCorrespondenceLatin lettersHistory and criticismAuthors, LatinLatin lettersHistory and criticism.876/.01Wilcox Amanda1805246MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974527403321The gift of correspondence in classical Rome4353714UNINA