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The surviving body of ancient letters offers the reader a stunning variety of material, ranging from the everyday letters preserved among the Oxyrhynchus papyri to imperial rescripts, New Testament Epistles, fictional or pseudepigraphical letters and a wealth of missives on almost every conceivable subject. They offer us a unique insight into ancient practices in the fields of politics, literature, philosophy, medicine and many other areas. This collection presents a series of casestudies in ancient letters, asking how each letter writer manipulates the epistolary tradition, why he chose the l

Latin letters --- Letter writing, Latin --- Authors, Latin --- Statesmen --- Lettres (Genre littéraire) latines --- Correspondance latine --- Ecrivains latins --- Hommes d'Etat --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Correspondence --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Correspondance --- History and criticism --- History --- Lettres (Genre littéraire) latines --- Public officers --- Latin letter writing --- Latin letters - History and criticism --- Letter writing, Latin - History --- Authors, Latin - Correspondence - History and criticism --- Statesmen - Rome - Correspondence - History and criticism --- Lettres (genre littéraire) antiques --- Auteurs latins --- Auteurs grecs

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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.

Brevskrivning --- Letter writing, latin --- Letter writing, latin. --- Ancient, classical & medieval. --- Plinius, --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius, --- Correspondence (Pliny, the Younger). --- Literary collections --- Historia. --- History --- Pliny, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Criticism, Textual. --- Antiken. --- To 1500. --- Arts and Humanities --- Letter writing, Latin --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius --- Gaius Plinius Secundus Minor --- C. Plini Caecili Secundi --- Pline le Jeune --- Plinius de jongere --- Plinius der Jüngere --- Caius Plinius, --- Gaĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Pliniĭ Sekund, --- Gaj Plinije, --- Kaĭ Pliniĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Vtoroĭ --- Pline, --- Pliniĭ, --- Plinio, --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, C. --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Caius --- Plinius, Caius,

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