| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 376 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
"This book probes the ideology of De lege agraria I and II, Cicero's first two speeches as consul, delivered to the senate and the people respectively. The book propounds and applies a model of applied discourse analysis to draw out the implicit ideology of the speeches. Thus analyzed, the speeches reveal distinctive visions of dignitas and libertas, cardinal values of each audience. Those visions make clear Cicero's artful self-fashioning, negotiating the complex cross-currents of late Republican politics, and they make clear as well the depth of his rhetorical art, which draws constantly upon unnamed points of reference, the physical environment, and varied social roles to situate his claims within the psychic imaginary of his audiences. The book thus makes it possible to see that apparent screeds against an agrarian law are thoroughgoing political manifestos-appropriate for the first speeches of a consul"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 12, 2023) |
| Subject |
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De lege agraria.
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| SUBJECT |
De lege agraria (Cicero, Marcus Tullius) fast |
| Subject |
Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Rhetoric, Ancient
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Literature: history & criticism.
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Literature.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2023007379 |
| ISBN |
9780197695265 |
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0197695264 |
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9780199838134 |
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0199838135 |
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9780197695272 |
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0197695272 |
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