TY - BOOK ID - 21561230 TI - Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger : an introduction AU - Gibson, Roy K. AU - Morello, Ruth PY - 2012 SN - 9780521603799 0521842921 9780521842921 9781139024747 052160379X 1139334042 1107225647 1139337416 9786613571786 1139339869 1139341448 1139338285 1139024744 1139336541 1280393866 9781139338288 9781139336543 9781139339865 9781107225640 9781139334044 9781280393860 6613571784 9781139337410 9781139341448 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Brevskrivning KW - Letter writing, latin KW - Letter writing, latin. KW - Ancient, classical & medieval. KW - Plinius, KW - Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius, KW - Correspondence (Pliny, the Younger). KW - Literary collections KW - Historia. KW - History KW - Pliny, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Criticism, Textual. KW - Antiken. KW - To 1500. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Letter writing, Latin KW - Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius KW - Gaius Plinius Secundus Minor KW - C. Plini Caecili Secundi KW - Pline le Jeune KW - Plinius de jongere KW - Plinius der Jüngere KW - Caius Plinius, KW - Gaĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Pliniĭ Sekund, KW - Gaj Plinije, KW - Kaĭ Pliniĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Vtoroĭ KW - Pline, KW - Pliniĭ, KW - Plinio, KW - Plinius Caecilius Secundus, C. KW - Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Caius KW - Plinius, Caius, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:21561230 AB - This 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. ER -