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The Epistles of Pliny (Hardcover)
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The Epistles of Pliny (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies
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This volume brings together some of the best and most influential
work to be published on the Epistles of Pliny the Younger in recent
decades. Covering historical, (auto)biographical, and literary
aspects of the Epistles and their reception, the nineteen classic
articles included here offer a wide and representative range of
approaches to Pliny, from prosopography and social history to
intertextuality and self-representation. Topics include Pliny's
villas, friends, and career, alongside literary and historical
readings of some of his most famous letters, such as those on the
eruption of Vesuvius and the torture of Christians, and
correspondence with and about his wife Calpurnia, his uncle Pliny
the Elder, his rival Regulus, the historian Tacitus and the emperor
Trajan. The volume includes several chapters currently out of print
or scarcely available (such as Birley's on Pliny's career and Eco's
on the first Vesuvius letter), one which has been wholely rewritten
(Cameron on reception) and one newly translated from German (Schenk
on intertextuality). In addition, most have been updated by their
authors, and translations of all Latin and other foreign languages
have been added. A substantial introductory chapter by the editors
offers the first full account of the history of scholarship on the
Epistles from the birth of printing to the present day, summarises
important recent work in languages other than English, and
contextualises the articles included within the broader context of
modern approaches to Pliny. Pliny the Younger's ten books of
Epistles have only recently moved into the mainstream of classical
studies from their traditional role as fodder for Latin beginners
or filing cabinet for Roman historians. This volume marks and
consolidates that shift by reprinting nineteen of the best and most
influential contributions on Pliny and his Epistles from recent
decades, newly edited, revised and/or translated into English. It
begins with a new, substantial account of the history of Plinian
scholarship and survey of the contemporary scholarly landscape.
Together this collection offers a detailed study of the man, the
events of his time, his career, his friends, even his possessions,
and above all the varied artistic and ideological facets of his
letters.
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