| Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts Contributor(s): Gibson, Roy (Editor), Morello, Ruth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 900420234X ISBN-13: 9789004202344 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 500 |
| LCCN: 2010052744 |
| Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements |
| Physical Information: 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pliny's Naturalis Historia - a brilliant and sophisticated encyclopaedia of the scientific, artistic, philosophical, botanical and zoological riches of the ancient world - has had a long career in the footnotes of historical studies. This is a phenomenon born of the sense that the work was there to consult, or to 'use', as a resource to aid investigation of specific technical issues or passages, of Quellenforschung, or of delimited topic areas. The contributors to the present volume both represent and join a new generation of critics who have begun to try to 'read' this monumental text, and - by examining the dominant motifs which give shape and order to the work - to construct frameworks within which we may understand and interpret Pliny's overarching agenda. |