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The Anxieties Of Pliny The Younger
Stanley E. Hoffer
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Hardback. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
This book provides a new understanding of Pliny's letters by combining historical analysis of the social pressures that shape Pliny's authorial pose with close literary analysis of the letters themselves. It demonstrates how ruling-class ideology is disseminated and how it shapes the literary persona and personal identity of a ruling-class member. The powerful heuristic tool of examining the interplay between confidence and anxieties in the letters will help restore Pliny's relatively neglected masterpiece to a more prominent place in undergraduate Latin and Roman Civilization courses.
This book provides a new understanding of Pliny's letters by combining historical analysis of the social pressures that shape Pliny's authorial pose with close literary analysis of the letters themselves. It demonstrates how ruling-class ideology is disseminated and how it shapes the literary persona and personal identity of a ruling-class member. The powerful heuristic tool of examining the interplay between confidence and anxieties in the letters will help restore Pliny's relatively neglected masterpiece to a more prominent place in undergraduate Latin and Roman Civilization courses.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
American Philological Association American Classical Studies
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780788505652
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V9780788505652
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Reviews for The Anxieties Of Pliny The Younger
Hoffer's monograph will take Plinian studies, as the current phrase goes, "to the next level." In fact, scholars working on any literature of the early imperial period will want to have a look at this work.
Andrew Riggsby, University of Texas, Austin
Andrew Riggsby, University of Texas, Austin