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Pliny the book-maker : betting on posterity in the Epistles / Ilaria Marchesi.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Marchesi, Ilaria, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Pliny, the Younger--Criticism and interpretation.
Pliny.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Summary:
The studies collected in this volume address Pliny's complex self-editorial strategies, ultimately suggesting that his work contributed to the creation of the literary-historical concept of posterity.
Contents:
The Publication of Pliny's Letters / John Bodel
Grand Designs: Unrolling Epistles 2 / Christopher Whitton
Pliny Book 8: Two Viewpoints and the Pedestrian Reader / Ruth Morello
Not Dark Yet...: Reading to the End of Pliny's Nine-Book Collection / Roy Gibson
Uncluttered Spaces, Unlittered Texts: Pliny's Villas as Editorial Places
Ilaria Marchesi.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 21, 2015).
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ISBN:
0-19-179635-2
OCLC:
919055510

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