LEADER 03441nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910974527403321 005 20240418054444.0 010 $a9780299288334 010 $a0299288331 010 $a9781283692199 010 $a1283692198 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275632 035 $a(OCoLC)813392075 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10613076 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000759482 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11517312 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759482 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10782853 035 $a(PQKB)11777913 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3445262 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19150 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3445262 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10613076 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL400469 035 $a(OCoLC)927484117 035 $a(Perlego)4512152 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275632 100 $a20111014d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe gift of correspondence in classical Rome $efriendship in Cicero's Ad familiares and Seneca's Moral epistles /$fAmanda Wilcox 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 225 0$aWisconsin studies in classics 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780299288341 311 08$a029928834X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 8 $aAmanda Wilcox offers an innovative approach to two major collections of Roman letters-Cicero's Ad Familiares and Seneca's Moral Epistles -informed by modern cross-cultural theories of gift-giving. By viewing letters and the practice of correspondence as a species of gift exchange, Wilcox provides a nuanced analysis of neglected and misunderstood aspects of Roman epistolary rhetoric and the social dynamics of friendship in Cicero's correspondence. Turning to Seneca, she shows that he both inherited and reacted against Cicero's euphemistic rhetoric and social practices, and she analyzes how Seneca transformed the rhetoric of his own letters from an instrument of social negotiation into an idiom for ethical philosophy and self-reflection. Though Cicero and Seneca are often viewed as a study in contrasts, Wilcox extensively compares their letters, underscoring Cicero's significant influence on Seneca as a prose stylist, philosopher, and public figure. 410 0$aWisconsin studies in classics. 606 $aAuthors, Latin$vCorrespondence 606 $aLatin letters$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aAuthors, Latin 615 0$aLatin letters$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a876/.01 700 $aWilcox$b Amanda$01805246 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974527403321 996 $aThe gift of correspondence in classical Rome$94353714 997 $aUNINA