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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454565403321

Autore

Clarke M. L (Martin Lowther)

Titolo

Rhetoric at Rome : a historical survey / / M.L. Clarke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-76800-1

1-134-76801-X

1-280-31971-2

0-203-43872-8

Edizione

[3rd ed. /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Routledge classical studies

Altri autori (Persone)

BerryD. H

Disciplina

875/.0109

Soggetti

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Oral communication - Rome

Rhetoric, Ancient

Oratory, Ancient

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface to the first and second editions; Introduction to the third edition; THE GREEK BACKGROUND; RHETORIC AT ROME UNDER THE REPUBLIC; ARS RHETORICA; ROMAN ORATORY BEFORE CICERO; CICERO'S RHETORICAL THEORY; CICERONIAN ORATORY I; CICERONIAN ORATORY II; DECLAMATION; ORATORY UNDER THE EMPIRE; QUINTILIAN AND RHETORICAL THEORY; QUINTILIAN AND RHETORICAL TEACHING; THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES; RHETORIC IN THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE; RHETORIC AND CHRISTIANITY; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition of M.L. Clarke's 1953 classics study of Roman rhetoric incorporates corrections and a new introduction by D.H. Berry. The bibliography has been substantially updated and supplemented by suggestions for further reading.