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Autore |
Fantham Elaine |
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The Roman world of Cicero's De oratore [[electronic resource] /] / Elaine Fantham |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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0-19-151411-X |
0-19-920773-9 |
1-280-75660-8 |
9786610756605 |
0-19-153240-1 |
1-4294-7069-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (365 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rhetoric, Ancient |
Oratory, Ancient |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 Figure13. 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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principles of Greek philosophy and rhetoric into Roman education, so that his work became the basis of humanist ideals in the Renaissance and Enlightenment. - ;The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore aims to provide an accessible study of Cicero's first and fullest dialogue, on the ideal orator-statesman. It illustrates the dialogue's achievement as a reflection of a civilized way of life a |
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