Noelle K. Zeiner-Carmichael

Roman Letters (eBook, PDF)

An Anthology

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Roman Letters offers a rich selection of original translations of ancient Roman letters spanning from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE. Chronologically arranged and grouped according to author or collection, the letters cover various topics and themes selected from a broad range of authors. * A unique single volume text that makes classical letters accessible and readable to undergraduates and the non-specialist reader * Presents a wide range of authors and material, with over 200 selected texts * Includes selections that illustrate a complete cycle of correspondence, as well as letters written by the same author and covering the same topic/theme but sent to different recipients * Letters are arranged chronologically, with letters grouped according to author or collection * An accompanying website offers additional, complementary letters * Topical index highlights various topics and themes represented by the letters

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118617366
• Artikelnr.: 39287455

Autorenporträt

Noelle K. Zeiner-Carmichael is Associate Professor of Classics at the College of Charleston, where she teaches courses in Latin, Greek, Roman culture, and literature in translation. She is the author of Nothing Ordinary Here: Statius as Creator of Distinction in the Silvae (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures ix Preface x Acknowledgments xiii A Note on Translation xv List of Abbreviations xvii Maps xix 1 Letters and Letter
Writing in Ancient Rome 1 2 The Roman Republic (70 bce
27 bce) 21 1
49 Cicero 21 50 Catiline 61 51
53 Catullus 62 3 The Augustan Age (27 bce
14 ce) 66 54
58 Augustus 66 59
69 Horace 68 70
71 Propertius 79 72
83 Ovid 81 4 The Roman Empire (14 ce
third century ce) 96 84 Emperor Tiberius (14
37 ce) 96 85 Emperor Claudius (41
54 ce) 97 86
95 Seneca the Younger 99 96 Paul the Apostle 112 97 Jude 114 98
101 Martial 115 102
105 Statius 117 106
164 Pliny the Younger 122 165
166 John the Elder 154 167
194 Fronto 156 195
203 Letters from Vindolanda 169 204
214 Papyri 173 5 Epistolary Theorists 183 215 (Pseudo
)Demetrius 183 216 Pseudo
Libanius 184 General Index 187 Concordance of Texts 193

Rezensionen

"With translations that are both true to the intent of the original and entirely accessible to the modern reader, Zeiner-Carmichael has created an engaging survey of Roman epistolography, from the most practical of daily missives to highly refined literature."
Jacqueline M. Carlon, University of Massachusetts Boston

"Both accessible and scholarly, Zeiner-Carmichael's new and wide-ranging selection with its lively translations, running bibliographies and perceptive introduction constitutes an essential resource for all teachers and students of Greco-Roman letter-writing."
Gill Knight, University of Reading