The gift of correspondence in classical Rome : friendship in Cicero's Ad familiares and Seneca's Moral epistles /

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"Amanda Wilcox offers an innovative approach to two major collections of Roman letters - Cicero's Ad Familiares and Seneca's Moral Epistles - informed by modern cross-cultural theories of gift-giving. By viewing letters and the practice of correspondence as a species of gift exchange,...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wilcox, Amanda
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, ©2012.
Collection:Wisconsin studies in classics.
Sujets:
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. > Correspondence > Criticism and interpretation.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. > Epistulae morales ad Lucilium.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius > Correspondence > Criticism and interpretation.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. > Epistolae ad familiares.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Epistolae ad familiares (Cicero, Marcus Tullius)
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Seneca, Lucius Annaeus)
Latin letters > History and criticism.
Authors, Latin > Correspondence > Correspondence.
Lettres latines (Genre littéraire) > Histoire et critique.
Écrivains latins > Correspondance > Correspondance.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Latin.
Authors, Latin
Latin letters
Letters
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Amanda Wilcox offers an innovative approach to two major collections of Roman letters - Cicero's Ad Familiares and Seneca's Moral Epistles - informed by modern cross-cultural theories of gift-giving. By viewing letters and the practice of correspondence as a species of gift exchange, Wilcox provides a nuanced analysis of neglected and misunderstood aspects of Roman epistolary rhetoric and the social dynamics of friendship in Cicero's correspondence. Turning to Seneca, she shows that he both inherited and reacted against Cicero's euphemistic rhetoric and social practices, and she analyzes how Seneca transformed the rhetoric of his own letters from an instrument of social negotiation into an idiom for ethical philosophy and self-reflection. Though Cicero and Seneca are often viewed as a study in contrasts, Wilcox extensively compares their letters, underscoring Cicero's significant influence on Seneca as a prose stylist, philosopher, and public figure."--Project Muse.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (216 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780299288334
0299288331
1283692198
9781283692199

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