The Letters of Pliny. A Historical and Social Commentary. - SHERWIN-WHITE, A. N.,
A History and Social Commentary
KORTE INHOUD
'If this review concentrates upon a small part, by bulk, of Mr. Sherwin-White's large and splendid new book, namely the introductions to the whole work and to the correspondence with Trajan, that is merely because (a) everyone concerned with the history of the Roman empire must go to the commentators on the individual letters, and the riches there to be found cannot be catalogued in a review, and (b) the introduction are a foundation for, and a summing-up of, the work of the commentary. (...) Sherwin-White convincingly defends the authenticity of Pliny's Letters as correspondence. (...) The question of authenticity leads on naturally to their chronology. (...) There is a special excursus on the chronology of the extortion trials, in which a matter comes up which is much more important than chronology. (...). An interesting section of the introduction is devoted to who Pliny's correspondents were - what kind of people, of what status or background. The conclusion, with which there need be no quarrel, is that P...
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Oxford, 1985. (Reissued ed.with corrections). XV,808p. Original red gilt titled cloth. Spine slightly bumped. Pencil underlinings from pp.85-152. Else fine. May require extra shipping costs: weight including packing from 1 - 2 Kg. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: SHERWIN-WHITE, A.N.,] [Uitgever: Clarendon Press] [Jaar: 1985] [Titel: The Letters of Pliny. A Historical and Social Commentary.]
