| Pliny the Younger: 'Epistles' Book II Contributor(s): Pliny the Younger (Author), Whitton, Christopher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1139026283 ISBN-13: 9781139026284 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $442.00 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Foreign Language Study | Latin - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 876.01 |
| Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pliny the Younger's nine-book Epistles is a masterpiece of Roman prose. Often mined as a historical and pedagogical sourcebook, this collection of 'private' letters is now finding recognition as a rich and rewarding work in its own right. The second book is a typically varied yet taut suite of miniatures, including among its twenty letters the trial of Marius Priscus and Pliny's famous portrait of his Laurentine villa. This edition, the first to address a complete book of Epistles in over a century, presents a Latin text together with an introduction and commentary intended for students, teachers and scholars. With clear linguistic explanations and full literary analysis, it invites readers to a fresh appreciation of Pliny's lettered art. |
Contributor Bio(s): Whitton, Christopher: - Christopher Whitton is a University Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Emmanuel College; he is also currently an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Freie Universit�t zu Berlin. Dr Whitton is a specialist in Latin literature, in particular prose of the early Roman empire. This is his first book. |