The Art of Pliny's Letters : A Poetics of Allusion in the Private Correspondence (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. The semiotics of structure; 2. Sed quid ego tam gloriose? Pliny's choice of poetics; 3. The importance of being Secundus: Tacitus' voice in Pliny's letters; 4. Storming historiography: Pliny's voice in Tacitus' texts; 5. Overcoming Ciceronian anxiety: Pliny's niche/nike in literary history; From dawn till dusk: four notes in lieu of a conclusion; Appendix to Chapter 5.