The Power of the Epistolary Preface from Statius to Pliny
By Victoria E. Pagán Article in The Classical Quarterly, vol. 60, no. 1, 2010, pp. 194–201. View on JSTOR
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Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger: An Introduction
By Roy K. Gibson and Ruth Morello Abstract: 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…
Pliny and the Art of Saying Nothing
By Ruth Morello Abstract: This paper examines Pliny’s habit of “evasive display,” a practice which exploits the recusatio to the full and produces the sense of endless deferral in the letters. Letters are generically…
Pliny the Poet
By Debra Hershkowitz Abstract: In letter 4.14, Pliny the Younger remarks that he doesn’t worry too much about criticism of his poetry since he’s not planning to give up the day job…This well sums up Pliny’s basic…
The Spectacle of Gazes: Seeing and Being Seen in the First Book of Horace’s Epistles
By Silvia Speriani Abstract: In ancient Rome, city-life unfolded in a spectacular exchange of social gazes. My paper focuses on the visual dynamics in the social life of Rome through the approach shown by Horace…
Pliny the Younger: Letters, Books 8-10; Panegyricus
Translated by Betty Radice Abstract: Pliny started his career at the Roman bar at the age of eighteen. He moved through the regular offices in a senator’s career, held two treasury appointments and a priesthood, and…
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