LEADER 03718nam 22006492 450 001 9910461244903321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-22564-7 010 $a1-139-33404-2 010 $a1-280-39386-6 010 $a9786613571786 010 $a1-139-33741-6 010 $a1-139-33986-9 010 $a1-139-34144-8 010 $a1-139-33654-1 010 $a1-139-33828-5 010 $a1-139-02474-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000172046 035 $a(EBL)866829 035 $a(OCoLC)792684352 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622517 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11392474 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622517 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10642127 035 $a(PQKB)10606667 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139024747 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866829 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866829 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10558157 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL357178 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000172046 100 $a20110217d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReading the Letters of Pliny the Younger $ean introduction /$fRoy K. Gibson and Ruth Morello$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 350 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-60379-X 311 $a0-521-84292-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aLetter writing, Latin$xHistory$yTo 1500 615 0$aLetter writing, Latin$xHistory 676 $a876/.01 700 $aGibson$b Roy K.$0284512 702 $aMorello$b Ruth 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461244903321 996 $aReading the Letters of Pliny the Younger$91899809 997 $aUNINA