Cicero's Correspondence: A Literary Study

ISBN-13: 9780198150664 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 256 str.

G. O. Hutchinson

Opis

This study breaks new ground in exploring the letters of Cicero, one of the most important Latin prose writers, whose letters have remained unaccountably neglected. The volume shows that Cicero's letters should be regarded as artistic works, of no less value for being bound up with personal situations, providing a remarkable insight into contemporary culture and literature. All Latin in the text is translated.

Recenzje

Throughout, Hutchinson's clear and commonsensical approach makes this valuable reading not only for the specialist but for anyone interested in literary aspects of letters. Particularly welcome to the non-specialist will be Hutchinson's decision to keep discussion of scholarly controversies to a minimum, and that relegated to the footnotes ... the greatest contribution of this book consists in Hutchinson's approach, which represents a sensitive and perspicuous application of a similar thesis to Cicero's letters.