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Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Cambridge University Press, 2009, 8vo., 446 pages. Softcover edition, some pencil marks and notes in text margins. English/Latin text, name of previous owner on front endpage. Book in very good+ condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger. Book.

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Condition: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: Reprnt ] Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Pub Date: 12/6/2009 Binding: paperback Pages: 460 Reprnt edition.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Softback in good condition. General shelf and handling wear, including light creasing and wear to cover, edges and corners. Age-related discolouration to pageblock, leading into edge of FEP. Within, pages are tightly bound, content unmarked. CN.

Paperback. Condition: New. This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context and adopting a fresh and innovative approach to reading the letters as an artistically structured collection. Chapter 1 traces Pliny's autobiographical narrative throughout the Letters; Chapter 2 undertakes detailed study of Book 6 as an artistic entity; while Chapter 3 sets Pliny's letters within a Roman epistolographical tradition dominated by Cicero and Seneca. Chapters 4 to 7 study thematic letter cycles within the collection, including those on Pliny's famous country villas and his relationships with Pliny the Elder and Tacitus. The final chapter focuses on the 'grand design' which unifies and structures the collection. Four detailed appendices give invaluable historical and scholarly context, including a helpful timeline for Pliny's life and career, detailed bibliographical help on over 30 popular topics in Pliny's letters and a summary of the main characters mentioned in the Letters.…

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Man of High Empire: The Life of Pliny the Younger. Book.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780521124218.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Ovids Ars Amatoria has long had a reputation for excess, both moral and stylistic. Augustus banishment of the poet to Romania in 8 AD for teaching foul adultery in the Ars is partly responsible for this reputation, along with Roman love elegys well-known predilection for immoderate attitudes and alienation from the values of conventional society. The Ars is undoubtedly a work of subversive tendencies, but its larger reputation has made it difficult for readers to appreciate one of the most striking, yet characteristic, features of the poem. In the pursuit of erotic ends, Ovid recommends to his pupils stratagems of moderation and self-restraint. Ovids (hedonistic) middle way is both a novelty for elegy, which is more accustomed to thinking in terms of binary polarities or to pursuing extremes, and it is a witty attempt to wrest the theme of the moderate and the middle from the Augustan poet with whom it is most closely associated Horace. Excess and restraints re-introduction of Horace into the criticism of Roman love elegy is accompanied by a novel attempt to use works by Cicero and Aristotle to engage with the Ars Amatoria, particularly the de Officiis and Nicomachean Ethics which both offer influential treatments of the middle way. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Minor shelfwear. Light creasing to rear wrap.; Pp 109-265. Includes scholarly articles by John Henderson, Anna de Pretis, Eleanor Winsor Leach, Andrew M. Riggsby, Ruth Morello, Rhiannon Ash, and Roland Mayer & Roy K. Gibson; Arethusa. Vol. 36, No. 2, Spring 2003; 36.2; 156 pages.…

Condition: New. This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 map 41 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 526. . 2016. Reprint. paperback. . . . .…

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Condition: New. pp. 364.

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Paperback. Condition: New. The biographer Suetonius is one of the most fascinating writers of ancient Rome, but he is rarely afforded serious critical attention. This volume of new essays focuses on the various aspects of Suetonius' work, from his lost writing on Roman courtesans to his imperial portraits of the Caesars.Beginning with an introduction that assesses the originality of Suetonius as a writer and situates the essays within the context of debates and controversies over his biographical form, the collection addresses the issues surrounding his style, themes, and early influence on literature in three parts. The first part discusses formal features of Suetonian biography, such as his literary techniques, manners of citation and quotation, and devices of allusion and closure. The middle section is devoted to readings of the individual Lives, treating several topics - from Suetonius' decision to begin his collection with Julius Caesar, to fictional elements in his death scene of the emperor Caligula, to the theme of solitude in his Life of Domitian. The last part examines the ways in which Suetonius transgresses the boundaries of ancient biography by looking at his influence on epistolographers, antiquarians, commentators, and later biographers. This volume is essential reading for anyone who wants to know why Suetonius' Lives are such a unique and powerful medium for the stories of ancient Rome, and how they became the primary model for later biography.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Black cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, corners sharp, slight crease across bottom edge, no owner's mark or annotations, binding tight. Missing dust jacket. ; 8.7 X 1.1 X 5.7 inches; 352 pages.