Roman Eloquence (eBook, ePUB)

Rhetoric in Society and Literature
Redaktion: Dominik, William J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The present volume is part of a general renaissance in the study of rhetoric and bears testimony to a discipline undergoing rapid and exciting change. It draws together established and newer scholars in the field to produce a probing and innovative analysis of the role played by rhetoric in Roman culture. Utilizing a variety of critical approaches and methodologies, these scholars examine not only the role of rhetoric in Roman society but also the relationship between rhetoric and Rome's major literary genres. In addition to demonstrating rhetoric's critical significance for Roman culture, the studies reveal the important role played by rhetoric in the formation of the various genres of literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134801466
• Artikelnr.: 47887799

Autorenporträt

William J. Dominik is Associate Professor (Reader) of Classics at the University of Natal, South Africa, and the editor of the classical journal Scholia. He has published a number of books and articles on Roman literature and rhetoric.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Theories, Transitions and Tensions
Chapter 1 Introduction, Gualtiero Calboli, William J. Dominik
Chapter 2 Ciceronian Rhetoric, John T. Kirby
Chapter 3 Caecilius, the 'Canons' of Writers, and the Origins of Atticism, Neil O'Sullivan
Chapter 4 The style is the Man, William J. Dominik
Part 2 Rhetoric and Society
Chapter 5 Field and Forum, Catherine Connors
Chapter 6 Gender and Rhetoric, Amy Richlin
Chapter 7 The Contexts and Occasions of Roman public Rhetoric, Elaine Fantham
Part 3 Rhetoric and Genre
Chapter 8 Towards a Rhetoric of (Roman?) Epic, Joseph Farrell
Chapter 9 Declamation and Contestation in Satire, Susanna Morton Braund
Chapter 10 Melpomene's Declamation (Rhetoric and Tragedy), Sander M. Goldberg
Chapter 11 Inter Tribunal et Scaenam, Joseph J. Hughes
Chapter 12 Eros and Eloquence, Peter Toohey
Chapter 13 Persuasive History, Jr Robert W. Cape
Chapter 14 Substructural elements of Architectonic Rhetoric and Philosophical thought in Fronto's Epistles, Michele Valerie Ronnick