Intertextuality in Pliny’s Epistles
Intertextuality in Pliny’s Epistles by Margot Neger, published by Cambridge University Press on September 21, 2023, is a scholarly volume comprising 348 pages in English. This collection of essays features contributions from an international team of scholars who delve into the literary artistry present in Pliny’s Epistles. The work highlights the intertextual, interdiscursive, and intermedial aspects of Pliny’s letters, reflecting the growing academic interest in Latin prose intertextuality and the cultural exchanges of the Imperial period.
Readers will find a thorough examination of Pliny’s literary strategies and his incorporation of various literary models and genres within his epistolary works. The essays focus not only on the entirety of the collection but also on individual books and selected letters, illustrating how Pliny creates a unique ‘super-genre.’ This volume also serves as an advanced introduction to Latin prose poetics, making it a significant resource for those interested in foreign language study, Latin, and ancient history.
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Pliny’s Epistles are full of literary artistry. This volume of essays by an impressive international team of scholars showcases this by exploring the intertextual, interdiscursive and also intermedial character of the collection. It provides a contribution to the recent scholarly interest in Latin prose intertextuality and in the literary and cultural interactions of the Imperial period. Focusing on the whole collection as well as on single books and selected letters, it investigates Pliny’s strategies of incorporating literary models and genres into his epistolary oeuvre, thus creating a kind of ‘super-genre’ himself. In addition to displaying Pliny’s literary techniques, the volume also serves as an advanced introduction to Latin prose poetics.
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