Cicero refused to die [electronic resource] : Ciceronian influence through the centuries / edited by Nancy van Deusen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Van Deusen, Nancy (Nancy Elizabeth)

Series:

Presenting the past (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 4.

Presenting the past : central issues in medieval and early modern studies across the disciplines, 1875-2799 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Influence.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cicero has indeed refused to die, despite the fact that he, in the year 43 BC, was savagely put to death, a preposterous event that brought an end to the long and illustrious career of a lawyer, politician, statesman, praetor, consul, and above all, intellectual, philosopher, writer. His works on The Ideal Orator , On Law , On Academic Life , On Supreme Good and Evil , The Nature of Gods , Foretelling the Future , Destiny , and Duties constituted the basis of a thorough study of Latin for many centuries of students. One might also, however, conclude that, with the virtual disappearance of Latin as a language that is commonly taught, Cicero might be seen to have suffered a second death; but this is by no means the case. This timely volume explores the many aspects of Ciceronian influence through the Middle Ages—and beyond—on education, literature, and legal training. Contributors are Christopher S. Celenza, Frank Coulson, Nancy van Deusen, George L. Gorse, Michael Herren, Leonard Michael Koff, Valery Rees, Timothy A. Shonk, Terence Tunberg, and John O. Ward.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Nancy van Deusen

Introduction: Cicero Refused to Die: Ciceronian Influence through the Centuries / Nancy van Deusen

Coluccio Salutati’s View of the History of the Latin Language / Christopher S. Celenza

Reading the Classics in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance: New Manuscript Discoveries / Frank Coulson

Cicero Redivivus Apud Scurras: Some Early Medieval Treatments of the Great Orator / Michael W. Herren

Cicero through Quintilian’s Eyes in the Middle Ages / Nancy van Deusen

Dreaming the Dream of Scipio / Leonard Michael Koff

“For I Hadde Red of Affrycan Byforn:” Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis and Chaucer’s Early Dream Visions / Timothy A. Shonk

Colloquia Familiaria: An Aspect of Ciceronianism Reconsidered / Terence Tunberg

Ciceronian Echoes in Marsilio Ficino / Valery Rees

Ciceronian Rhetoric and Oratory from St. Augustine to Guarino da Verona / John O. Ward

Cicero’s Portrait and the Roman Villa / George L. Gorse

List of Figure Locations / Nancy van Deusen

Index / Nancy van Deusen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-24476-X

OCLC:

851696900

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004244764 DOI