Tacitus' history of politically effective speech : truth to power / Ellen O'Gorman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Gorman, Ellen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tacitus, Cornelius.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin--History and criticism.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin.

Oratory, Ancient.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Communication in politics--Rome--History.

Communication in politics.

Communication--Political aspects--Rome--History.

Communication.

Political culture--Rome--History.

Political culture.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This study examines how Tacitus' representation of speech determines the roles of speakers within the political sphere, and explores the possibility of politically effective speech in the principate. It argues against the traditional scholarly view that Tacitus refuses to offer a positive view of senatorial power in the principate: while senators did experience limitations and changes to what they could achieve in public life, they could aim to create a dimension of political power and efficacy through speeches intended to create and sustain relations which would in turn determine the roles played by both senators or an emperor. Ellen O'Gorman traces Tacitus' own charting of these modes of speech, from flattery and aggression to advice, praise, and censure, and explores how different modes of speech in his histories should be evaluated: not according to how they conform to pre-existing political stances, but as they engender different political worlds in the present and future. The volume goes beyond literary analysis of the texts to create a new framework for studying this essential period in ancient Roman history, much in the same way that Tacitus himself recasts the political authority and presence of senatorial speakers as narrative and historical analysis"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Turpe servitium: the political world of flattery

Pro incolumitate principis / ex calamitate civium: the political world of predatory accusation

Servitium rupit: counter-speech in adulationem lapsos cohibebat de praemiis accusatorum abolendis

Existimatio vitae: the judgement of character

Narratus et traditus: the transmission of mores.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: O'Gorman, Ellen. Tacitus' history of politically effective speech

ISBN:

9781350095526

9781350095519

OCLC:

1156432800

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