Cicero in letters : epistolary relations of the late republic

Cicero in letters : epistolary relations of the late republic / Peter White.

""From the practical details of writing the letter and seeing that it was delivered to the delicate balances that had to be struck in giving a proud peer advice, Peter White's book makes the indispensable resource that is Cicero's correspondence immensely accessible and human. Ch...

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Main Author: White, Peter, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010
Subjects:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius > Correspondence.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius > Contemporaries > Correspondence.
Latin letters > History and criticism.
Statesmen > Rome > Correspondence > History and criticism.
Letter writing, Latin > History > To 1500.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Reading the Letters from the Outside In. Constraints and Biases in Roman Letter Writing ; The Editing of the Collection ; Frames of the Letter
  • Part II. Epistolary Preoccupations. The Letters and Literature ; Giving and Getting Advice by Letter ; Letter Writing and Leadership
  • Afterword : The Collection in Hindsight
  • Appendix 1: Quantifying the Letter Corpus
  • Appendix 2: Contemporary Works Mentioned in the Letters.

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