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1 online resource (247 pages) |
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Cover; Cicero, Classicism, and Popular Culture; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; THE SEARCH BEGINS: A CICERONIAN MOSAIC; Prelude; Cicero, Model for the Ages; Moving Up the Ladder: The New Man from Arpinum; Cicero: Godfather of Popular Culture; Soul Mates: Cicero and Jefferson; Logos; Cicero and Community; Two Pivotal Essays; Reputation; THE SEARCH WIDENS: EXPLORING ITALY; Strolling Through Time; Countess Caesarii; Off to Arpinum; Florence; Dreaming; Bologna; Urbino; Proto; Good-Bye Roma |
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THE SEARCH CONTINUES: CICERO'S LEGACYHail, Caesar!; Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic; Does Cicero Still Speak?; America: The New Rome; Cicero's Fate; Cicero Still Speaks; Some Final Thoughts; Notes; Bibliographic Essay: An Electronic Search for Cicero; Index |
| Summary |
Learn why Cicero is considered one of the most important individuals in all of Western culture!Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was a poet, philosopher, writer, scholar, barrister, statesman, patriot, and the linguist who helped make Latin into a universal language. His many influences in rhetoric, politics, literature, and ideas are seen throughout Western civilization. Cicero, Classicism, and Popular Culture explores the fascinating man behind the eloquence and his monumental effect on language, morality, and popularity of Western culture. One of the leading authorities on popul |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135797843 |
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1135797846 |
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