The Anxieties Of Pliny the Younger (American Classical Studies) [Hardcover]

Stanley E. Hoffer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0788505653 | ISBN-13: 978-0788505652 | Publication Date: May 1, 1999

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.

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Review

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

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0788505653
• ISBN-13: 978-0788505652
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,081,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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