Roman Eloquence

Rhetoric in Society and Literature
Herausgeber: Dominik, William J

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rhetoric is once again becoming valued as an essential element in the exploration of the ancient world. This volume is part of a general renaissance in the study of rhetoric and 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, the contributors examine not only the role of rhetoric in Roman society but also the relationship between rhetoric and Rome's major literary genres. "Roman" "Eloquence" emphasizes the theory and practice of rhetoric in a variety of social, political and literary contexts, and reveals the important role played by rhetoric in the formation of the various genres of literatures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780415125451
• ISBN-10: 0415125456
• Artikelnr.: 22118137

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 Frontös Epistles, Michele Valerie Ronnick;