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Ethics, identity, and community in later Roman declamation / Neil W. Bernstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bernstein, Neil W., 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin--History and criticism.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin.
- Oratory, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Law, ethics, and community in Sophistopolis
- pt. II. Responding to the Major Declamations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 24, 2013).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-71207-X
- 0-19-996412-2
- OCLC:
- 922972313
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