02971nam 2200565 450 991049595600332120230801215332.00-585-15375-20-520-91671-910.1525/9780520916715(CKB)111054828789164(MH)003280778-3(DE-B1597)543011(OCoLC)1149421929(DE-B1597)9780520916715(MiAaPQ)EBC30495835(Au-PeEL)EBL30495835(EXLCZ)9911105482878916420230801d1993 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRepresentations Images of the World in Ciceronian Oratory /Ann VasalyFirst edition.Berkeley, California :University of California Press,[1993]©19931 online resource (xii, 301 p. )maps ;0-520-20178-7 0-520-07755-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorsAnn 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-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.Speeches, addresses, etc., LatinHistory and criticismMimesis in literatureOratory, AncientRomeIn literatureSpeeches, addresses, etc., LatinHistory and criticism.Mimesis in literature.Oratory, Ancient.875.01Vasaly Ann1221731MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910495956003321Representations2832980UNINA