Late antique letter collections : a critical introduction and reference guide / edited by Cristiana Sogno, Bradley K. Storin, and Edward J. Watts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Latin letter collections before Late Antiquity / Michele Renee Salzman -- Greek letter collections before Late Antiquity / Christopher Jones -- The letter collection of the Emperor Julian / Susanna Elm -- The letter collection of Basil of Caesarea / Andrew Radde-Gallwitz -- The letter collection of Gregory of Nazianzus / Bradley K. Storin -- The letter collection of Gregory of Nyssa / Andrew Radde-Gallwitz -- The letter collection of Libanius of Antioch / Lieve Van Hoof -- The letter collection of Ausonius / Charles N. Aull -- The letter collection of Ambrose of Milan / Gérard Nauroy -- The letter collection of Evagrius of Pontus / Robin Darling Young -- The letter collection of Quintus Aurelius Symmachus / Cristiana Sogno -- The letter collection of John Chrysostom / Daniel Washburn -- The letter collection of Synesius of Cyrene / David Maldonado -- The letter collections of Jerome of Stridon / Andrew Cain -- The letter collection of Augustine of Hippo / Jennifer V. Ebbeler -- The letter collection of Paulinus of Nola / Dennis Trout -- The letter collection of Theodoret of Cyrrhus / Adam M. Schor -- The letter collection of Isidore of Pelusium / Lillian I. Larsen -- The letter collection of Sidonius Apollinaris / Sigrid Mratschek -- The letter collection of Ruricius of Limoges / Ralph W. Mathisen -- The letter collection of Avitus of Vienne / Brendan McCarthy -- The letter collection of Ennodius of Pavia / Stefanie A. H. Kennell -- The letter collection of Aeneas of Gaza / Edward Watts -- The letter collection of Procopius of Gaza / David Westberg -- The letter collection of Barsanuphius and John / Jennifer Hevelone-Harper -- The letter collection of Cassiodorus / Shane Bjornlie -- Papal letters and letter collections / Bronwen Neil.

"This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the extant Greek and Latin letter collections of late antiquity (ca. 300-600 C.E.). Bringing together an international team of historians, classicists, and scholars of religion, it illustrates how letter collections advertised an image of the letter writer and introduces the social and textual histories of each collection. Each chapter addresses a major collection of Greek or Latin literary letters, examining their assembly, publication, and transmission. In addition, contributions reveals how late antique letter collections operated as a discrete literary genre with its own conventions, transmission processes, and self-presentational agendas. This book will fundamentally change how people both read these texts and use letters to reconstruct the social history of the fourth, fifth, and sixth centuries"--Provided by publisher.

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