Title Pliny's women : constructing virtue and creating identity in the Roman world / Jacqueline M. Carlon

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 270 pages) Contents Pliny : enemy of tyrants -- Pliny : model protege -- Pliny : champion of the vulnerable -- Pliny : creator of the ideal wife -- Pliny : arbiter of virtue -- App. A. Stemmata -- App. B. Women in Pliny's letters -- App. C. Frequency of personal pronouns and possessive adjectives in Pliny's letters Summary Pliny's Women provides a comprehensive consideration of the many women who appear in the letters of Pliny the Younger. Combining detailed prosopography with close literary analysis, Jacqueline Carlon examines the identities of the women whom Pliny includes and how they and the men with whom they are associated contribute both to this presentation of exemplary Romans and particularly to his own self-promotion. Virtually all of the named women in Pliny's nine-book corpus are considered. They form six distinct groups: those associated with opposition to the principate; the family of Pliny's mentor, Corellius Rufus; his own family members; women involved in testamentary disputes; ideal wives; and women of unseemly character. Detailed analysis of each letter mentioning women includes the identity of its recipient and everyone named within, its disposition within the collection, Pliny's language and style, and its significance to our perception of the changing social fabric of the early principate Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-262) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Pliny, the Younger -- Correspondence SUBJECT Pliny, the Younger fast Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius 61-114 gnd Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius 61-114 Epistulae gnd Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius. swd Subject Women -- Rome -- History Sex role -- Rome -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. Sex role Women Frauenbild Vrouwen. Brieven. Kvinnobilden -- Romerska riket -- antiken. Brev. femme -- Pline (le Jeune) -- correspondance. femme -- nom propre -- Pline (le Jeune) -- correspondance. Kvinnor -- Rom -- antiken. Rome (Empire) Genre/Form History Personal correspondence Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511580901 0511580908 9780511580581 0511580584 9780511581229 051158122X

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