Title: Pliny the book-maker : betting on posterity in the Epistles /
Authors: Marchesi, Ilaria,
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2015
Subjects: Pliny,; Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius,; Pliny,; Pliny, Criticism and interpretation.; Letter writing, Latin History and criticism.; Redaktion.; Rezeption; Edition.; Letter writing, Latin.
Abstract: The studies collected in this volume address Pliny's complex self-editorial strategies, ultimately suggesting that his work contributed to the creation of the literary-historical concept of posterity.
Contents: The Publication of Pliny's Letters / John Bodel -- Grand Designs: Unrolling Epistles 2 / Christopher Whitton -- Pliny Book 8: Two Viewpoints and the Pedestrian Reader / Ruth Morello -- Not Dark Yet...: Reading to the End of Pliny's Nine-Book Collection / Roy Gibson -- Uncluttered Spaces, Unlittered Texts: Pliny's Villas as Editorial Places -- Ilaria Marchesi.