The Roman world of Cicero's De oratore [[electronic resource] /] / Elaine Fantham
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Fantham Elaine
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| Titolo: |
The Roman world of Cicero's De oratore [[electronic resource] /] / Elaine Fantham
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 808.5/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Rhetoric, Ancient |
| Oratory, Ancient | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Roman world of Cicero's De oratore |
| ISBN: | 0-19-151411-X |
| 0-19-920773-9 | |
| 1-280-75660-8 | |
| 9786610756605 | |
| 0-19-153240-1 | |
| 1-4294-7069-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996207971703316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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