The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore.
Title:
The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore.
Author:
Fantham, Elaine.
ISBN:
9780191514111
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (365 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Cicero at 50 -- 2. The Public Careers of L. Licinius Crassus and M. Antonius -- 3. Constructing the Dialogue: The Challenge of Plato -- 4. The Future Orator: Talent, Training, and the Choice of Model -- 5. The Orator and the Law -- 6. Oratory and Literature: The Spoken and the Written Word -- 7. Rediscovering Aristotelian Invention -- 8. Wit and Humour as the Orator's Combat Weapons -- 9. Political Persuasion: Senate and Contio -- 10. Style and Substance: Cicero's Rethinking of Elocutio -- 11. Res Pervolgatae: Words and their Manipulation in Standard Rhetorical Theory -- 12. Into Action: The Orator as Public Figure -- 13. Epilogue: The Statesman and the State in De Oratore and After -- Bibliography -- Index I: Authors, Works, and Passages Cited -- Index II: Persons -- Index III: Legal, Political, and Rhetorical Terms -- A -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore offers a wide introduction to Cicero's political and cultural world, and illustrates, by its analysis of his imaginary dialogue between statesmen, how he introduced the principles of Greek philosophy and rhetoric into Roman education, so that his work became the basis of humanist ideals in the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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