| Description |
1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Contents |
Part I. Law, Ethics, and Community in Sophistopolis -- 1. Authority -- 2. Verification -- 3. Reciprocity -- 4. Visuality -- Part II. Responding to the Major Declamations -- 5. Vives' "For the stepmother" and Patarol's Antilogiae -- Postscript: Declamation, controversiality, and contemporary pedagogy |
| Summary |
Rhetorical training was the central component of an elite Roman man's education. Controversiae (declamations), imaginary courtroom speeches in the character of a fictional or historical individual, were the most advanced exercises in the standard rhetorical curriculum. The 'Major Declarations' is a collection of 19 full-length Latin speeches attributed in antiquity to Quintilian but most likely composed by a group of authors in the second and third centuries CE. This book is devoted exclusively to the 'Major Declamations' and its reception in later European literature |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin -- History and criticism
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Oratory, Ancient.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Latin.
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Oratory, Ancient
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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 |
9780199964123 |
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0199964122 |
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9780199346042 |
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0199346046 |
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