Plinius und seine Klassiker: Studien zur literarischen Zitation in den Pliniusbriefen

by Katrin Schwerdtner

Overview

This volume offers a systematic study of the use of literary quotations in Pliny’s letters. By looking at exemplary quotations from Homer and Virgil, the author shows how Pliny uses quotations as a literary device to appeal to the intellectual background of his contemporary readership.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110417487
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	07/01/2015
Series:	Beitr#x000E4;ge zur Altertumskunde , #340
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	307
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years
Language:	German

About the Author

Katrin Schwerdtner, Baumholder.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations iv

List of Maps v

List of Tables vi

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

1 The First Peoples: Pre-Columbian Mexico 1

2 Diversity of Mesoamerican Civilization 23

3 The Age of Conquest 45

4 The Founding of an Empire: Sixteenth-Century Mexico 61

5 The Colony of New Spain 81

6 The Bourbon Reforms and Independence (1700-1821) 101

7 Years of Chaos (1823-1876) 117

8 The Porfiriato Dictatorship (1876-1910) 143

9 The Revolution of 1910 (1910-1940) 161

10 The Institutionalized Revolution (1940-1988) 193

11 The March toward Democracy (1988-2000) 223

12 The More Democratic Mexico (2000-2009) 241

Appendixes

1 Basic Facts about Mexico 273

2 Chronology 277

3 Bibliography 285

4 Suggested Reading 291

Index 311