Art of Pliny''s Letters - A Poetics of Allusion in the Private Correspondence

Klappentext This text treats Pliny's epistles as a work of literature, illuminating contemporary cultural debates. Zusammenfassung This text treats Pliny's private epistles neither as a mere source of historical and social information! nor as a portrait of the artist! but as a work of literature. It studies poetic allusion in epistolary prose! thereby illuminating the cultural debates about poetry! oratory and historiography in Pliny's day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The semiotics of structure; 2. Sed quid ego tam gloriose? Pliny's choice of poetics; 3. The importance of being Secundus: Tacitus' voice in Pliny's letters; 4. Storming historiography: Pliny's voice in Tacitus' texts; 5. Overcoming Ciceronian anxiety: Pliny's niche/nike in literary history; From dawn till dusk: four notes in lieu of a conclusion; Appendix to Chapter 5.

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• Autori: Ilaria Marchesi, Ilaria (Hofstra University Marchesi, Marchesi Ilaria
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521296977
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29697-7
• Pagine: 292
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Libri scolastici per istituti a indirizzo generale; Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval