TY - ECHAP TI - La dédicace littéraire et la mise en scène de l’auteur T3 - Readings from the Latin Renaissance, n° 4 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-2843-2.p.0215 SN - 978-2-8124-2843-2 AB - In the dedications of Latin scientific works the author puts himself on stage as a mediator or an expert in knowledge. In the first preface of the De architectura by Vitruvius as in that of the Naturalis historia by Pliny the Elder the decisive point is the successful achievement of « impression management », as Irving Goffman puts it. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/06/12 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier Y2 - 2024/07/18 ER -