Late Antique Letter Collections by Cristiana Sogno, Bradley K. Storin, Edward J. Watts - Paper

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"[Late Antique Letter Collections] provides scholars with a valuable resource with which to engage in further research and to consider the influence of edited collections in the reading of individual letters. . . .The editors are to be commended for collaborating with over two dozen contributors to produce an impressive and wide-ranging collection of essays which together provide a comprehensive study of the major collections of Latin and Greek letters from the fourth, fifth, and sixth centuries.
— The Journal of Theological Studies

"[Late Antique Letter Collections] can and ought to be recommended to any student or scholar engaged with late antique literary works."
— Augustiniana

"One might say that the only problem with the book is that it ends."
— Bryn Mawr Classical Review

“Late Antique Letter Collections stands to offer an example of a newly developing way of viewing letter collections, not as funds of social details to be mined without critical perspective but as pieces of literature in their own right, constructed to present a particular portrait of an author, a community, a genre, or an enterprise. Because it addresses so many different letter collections, this volume will be invaluable for late ancient historians and those who study letters more generally.”—Ellen Muehlberger, Associate Professor of Christianity in Late Antiquity at the University of Michigan and author of Angels in Late Ancient Christianity

“Sogno, Storin, and Watts provide a comprehensive, reliable survey of the major collections, with meticulous analysis of their shape and scope, as well as some refreshingly opinionated ideas about their several purposes. This is a sustained and learned dialogue between the contributors, one informed both by a clear sense of common purpose and some subtly creative tensions.”—Neil McLynn, University Lecturer and Fellow in Later Roman History at the University of Oxford

“[T]he volume makes a compelling argument that letter collections were ‘a distinct genre that achieved its fullest development during late antiquity.’ . . . an impressive and wide-ranging collection of essays which together provide a comprehensive study of the major collections of Latin and Greek letters from the fourth, fifth, and sixth centuries.” —The Journal of Theological Studies

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Late Antique Letter Collections

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