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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Roy K. Gibson (University of Manchester) , Ruth Morello (University of Manchester)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.530kg ISBN: 9780521603799ISBN 10: 052160379 Pages: 364 Publication Date: 21 January 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Gibson and Morello's volume offers a welcome contribution to recent scholarship on the letters of Pliny the Younger ... [provides] a fresh perspective on Pliny the Younger's letters ... The textual analyses will appeal to many and the highly accessible appendices are broadly useful ... The greatest contribution of this volume may be the authors' insistence that (re)reading Pliny's letters both linearly and selectively will proffer the greatest appreciation for Pliny's conscientious attention to the organization and thematic development of his epistolary collection. Moreover, Gibson and Morello's reading strategies will significantly benefit readers embarking anew on (re)reading the letters.' Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael, The Journal of Roman Studies 'Gibson and Morello's volume offers a welcome contribution to recent scholarship on the letters of Pliny the Younger ... [provides] a fresh perspective on Pliny the Younger's letters ... The textual analyses will appeal to many and the highly accessible appendices are broadly useful ... The greatest contribution of this volume may be the authors' insistence that (re)reading Pliny's letters both linearly and selectively will proffer the greatest appreciation for Pliny's conscientious attention to the organization and thematic development of his epistolary collection. Moreover, Gibson and Morello's reading strategies will significantly benefit readers embarking anew on (re)reading the letters.' Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael, The Journal of Roman Studies Gibson and Morello's volume offers a welcome contribution to recent scholarship on the letters of Pliny the Younger ... [provides] a fresh perspective on Pliny the Younger's letters ... The textual analyses will appeal to many and the highly accessible appendices are broadly useful ... The greatest contribution of this volume may be the authors' insistence that (re)reading Pliny's letters both linearly and selectively will proffer the greatest appreciation for Pliny's conscientious attention to the organization and thematic development of his epistolary collection. Moreover, Gibson and Morello's reading strategies will significantly benefit readers embarking anew on (re)reading the letters. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael, The Journal of Roman Studies Author InformationRoy K. Gibson is Professor of Latin at the University of Manchester and the author of a commentary on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3 (Cambridge, 2003) and Excess and Restraint: Propertius, Horace and Ovid's Ars Amatoria (2007). He is co-editor with Ruth Morello of both Re-imagining Pliny the Younger (Arethusa special number 36.2, 2003) and of Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts (2011). He plans to work next on a commentary on Pliny, Letters Book 6. Ruth Morello is Lecturer in Latin at the University of Manchester, and co-editor with A. D. Morrison of Ancient Letters: Classical and Late Antique Epistolography (2007). Also in collaboration with Roy Gibson, she is co-editor of Re-imagining Pliny the Younger (Arethusa special number 36.2, 2003) and of Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts (2011). She is currently working on a monograph on representations of Julius Caesar in the literature of the triumviral and early imperial periods. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |