| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 285 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION A praise of folly; CHAPTER 1 Recalling declamation; CHAPTER 2 Fathers and sons; bodies and pieces; CHAPTER 3 Living declamation; CHAPTER 4 Raving among the insane; CHAPTER 5 An Cimbrice loquendum sit; CHAPTER 6 Paterni nominis religio; By way of conclusion; APPENDIX 1 Further reading; LATIN TEXTS AND COMMENTARIES; ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS; GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX 2 Sample declamations; I. THE MAJOR DECLAMATIONS; II. CALPURNIUS FLACCUS; III. THE MINOR DECLAMATIONS; IV. SENECA THE ELDER; References |
| Summary |
For centuries declamation was a staple of education and cultured literary life in the Roman world. This book radically re-evaluates the genre, its social import, and its place in the history of the Western self. It will interest specialists in classics, rhetoric, queer studies, and psychoanalytic literary criticism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin -- History and criticism
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Group identity in literature.
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Authority in literature.
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Paternity in literature.
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Self in literature.
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Oratory, Ancient.
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DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Authority in literature
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Group identity in literature
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Identity (Psychology) in literature
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Oratory, Ancient
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Paternity in literature
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Rhetoric, Ancient
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Self in literature
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Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511061676 |
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9780511061677 |
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0511070136 |
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9780511070136 |
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9780521820059 |
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0521820057 |
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1280430710 |
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9781280430718 |
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0511179073 |
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9780511179075 |
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0511203047 |
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9780511203046 |
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0511306164 |
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9780511306167 |
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0511482213 |
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9780511482212 |
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9780521036528 |
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0521036526 |
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