Pliny's Women. Constructing Virtue and Creating Identity in the Roman World. - CARLON, Jacqueline M.,
Constructing Virtue and Creating Identity in the Roman World
KORTE INHOUD
'In sum, Carlon fulfils admirably her stated aim of examining how the letters concerning women aid in Pliny's self-representation. Those readers interested in explorations of the historical reality of women's lives in early imperial Rome and patterns of gender relations in elite urban society will, quite rightly, need to look elsewhere. The range of subjects to be covered in this study is signaled clearly in its title. The thirty-three identifiable women in Pliny's letters can only be defined in relation to the correspondent, his cultural frame, and his compositional purpose: they are Pliny's women in a very real sense. We can be grateful that Carlon alerts us so lucidly to Pliny's use of characterization and idealized images, and to the deliberation with which he deploys rhetorical structure, diction, and content, in pursuit of his autobiographical intent.' (PETER KEEGAN in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.02.59).
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2013Uitgever: Cambridge University Press282 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1107647142ISBN-13: 9781107647145Koop dit boek tweedehands
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New York, 2013. IX,270p. Paperback. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: CARLON, Jacqueline M.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: Pliny's Women. Constructing Virtue and Creating Identity in the Roman World.]
