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Wilcox, Amanda.

The Gift of Correspondence in Classical Rome : Friendship in Cicero's Ad Familiares and Seneca's Moral Epistles. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (244 pages) - Wisconsin Studies in Classics Series . - Wisconsin Studies in Classics Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Cicero - The Social Life of Letters -- 1. Euphemism and Its Limits -- 2. Consolation and Competition -- 3. Absence and Increase -- 4. Recommendation -- Part Two: Seneca - Commercium Epistularum: The Gift Refigured -- 5. From Practice to Metaphor -- 6. Rehabilitating Friendship -- 7. Redefining Identity: Persons, Letters, Friends -- 8. Consolation and Community -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index Locorum.

ISBN: 9780299288334

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Epistolae ad familiares.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Correspondence--Criticism and interpretation.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Epistulae morales ad Lucilium.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.--Correspondence--Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, Latin--Correspondence.
Latin letters--History and criticism.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PA6298

Dewey Class. No.: 876/.01