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Autore |
Vasaly Ann |
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Titolo |
Representations : Images of the World in Ciceronian Oratory / / Ann Vasaly |
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Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1993] |
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©1993 |
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ISBN |
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0-585-15375-2 |
0-520-91671-9 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 301 p. ) : maps ; |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin - History and criticism |
Mimesis in literature |
Oratory, Ancient |
Rome In literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Theory and Practice -- CHAPTER ONE. Ambiance, Rhetoric, and the Meaning of Things -- CHAPTER TWO. Transforming the Visible: In Catilinam 1 and 3 -- CHAPTER THREE. Signa and Signifiers: A World Created -- CHAPTER FOUR. Ēthos and Locus: Ancient Perspectives -- CHAPTER FIVE. Place and Commonplace: Country and City -- CHAPTER SIX. Ethnic Personae -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Ancient Authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ann Vasaly introduces representation theory into the study of Ciceronian persuasion and contends that an understanding of milieu--social, political, topographical--is crucial to understanding Ciceronian oratory. As a genre uniquely dependent on an immediate interaction between author and audience, ancient oratory becomes performance art. Vasaly investigates the way Cicero represented the contemporary physical world--places, topography, and monuments, both those seen and those merely mentioned--to his listeners and demonstrates how he used these representations to persuade. Her exceptionally well- |
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written study deftly recaptures the immediacy of Cicero's oratory and makes a trenchant contribution to an important new area of inquiry in Classical Studies. |
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