Authors: Thomas E. Jenkins
ISBN-13: 9780739117149, ISBN-10: 0739117149
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Lexington Books
Date Published: October 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Intercepted Letters examines the phenomenon of epistolarity within a range of classical Greek and Roman texts, with a focus on letters as symbols for larger, culturally constructed processes of reading and writing. Beginning with the myth of Palamedes and continuing through to the poets of the Roman period,Intercepted Letters examines the importance of epistolary motifs in narratives concerning power, voice, and interpretation.