Empire of eloquence the classical rhetorical tradition in colonial Latin America and the Iberian world Stuart M. McManus

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McManus, Stuart M., 1986- author.

Series:

Ideas in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric, Ancient--Study and teaching--Spain--History.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Rhetoric, Ancient--Study and teaching--Latin America--History.

Latin philology--Study and teaching--Spain--History.

Latin philology.

Latin philology--Study and teaching--Latin America--History.

Latin language, Medieval and modern--Rhetoric.

Latin language, Medieval and modern.

Latin language--Church Latin--Rhetoric.

Latin language.

Rhetoric--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Rhetoric.

Spain--Colonies--History.

Spain.

Spain--Intellectual life--History.

Intellectual life.

Latin philology--Study and teaching.

Rhetoric, Ancient--Study and teaching.

Spanish colonies.

Latin America.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021

Summary:

Across the Hispanic Monarchy (the patchwork global polity often erroneously referred to as the "Spanish Empire") rhetoric was taught in colleges and universities. This, in turn, influenced the secular and sacred public speaking that resounded in churches, cathedrals, gubernatorial palaces, plazas and university halls, through which orators sought to unite listeners in the pursuit of shared societal goals. At the same time, classicizing rhetoric and oratory did more than just follow the flag. They also spilled out into areas which were not under the direct control of any Iberian monarch, but were touched by the outward migration of Iberian merchants and missionaries. Black-robed Jesuit humanists carried the classical rhetorical tradition with them to Japan and China as tools to evangelize and instruct native populations, while native Christians also quickly embraced the tradition to bolster their newfound faith. All this had the effect that the classical rhetorical tradition, as part of what we might call a "Global Renaissance," became one of the first intellectual currents to traverse the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, where it contributed in tangible ways to the stability and longevity of the patchwork of societies that made up the Iberian World. The classical rhetorical tradition, Empire of Eloquence argues, contributed to the ideological coherence and equilibrium of the early modern Iberian World, providing important occasions for persuasion, legitimation and eventual (and perhaps inevitable) confrontation."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Series information

Title page

Copyright information

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: An Empire of Eloquence in a Global Renaissance

Cultural History: Building Empires

Intellectual History: A Treasure-Trove of Ideas

Historical Meta-Geography: Defining the Iberian World

The Classical Rhetorical Tradition

Chapter Outlines

Chapter 1 The Foundations of the Empire of Eloquence

Humanism in Renaissance Iberia

Rhetoric across the Pre-/Post-conquest Divide

Rhetorical Theory and Practice in the Iberian World

The ''Nuts and Bolts'' of the Classical Rhetorical Tradition

Looking Out at the Iberian World from Mexico City

Conclusion

Chapter 2 Philip IV's Global Empire of Eloquence

Late Humanism in the Hispanic Monarchy

''Virtue Politics'' and Good Government in Royal Exequias

Neo-stoicism and Anti-Machiavellian ''Virtue Politics''

Lineage, Education and Virtue Politics

Virtue Politics As a Technology of ''Negotiation''

The Language of Virtue beyond the Exequias

Colonialism and the Limits of ''Virtue Politics''

''Virtue Politics'' in the Indigenous Republic

Virtue Politics and Non-imperial Spaces

Chapter 3 A Japanese Cicero Redivivus

Humanism at the Arima Seminary

Humanism on Deck

Humanist Education in Renaissance Japan

Jesuit Eloquence in Europe

Homeward Bound

Jesuit Eloquence in East Asian Languages

Jesuit Eloquence in Early Modern China

Christian Japan and the Iberian World

Chapter 4 Indo-Humanist Eloquence

Evangelization and Indo-Humanist Grammar in Goa and Salcete

How a Jesuit Missionary Read His Mahabharata

Konkani Sacred Oratory

''Orators in the Audience'': Connecting Caste and Erudition

Chapter 5 Centers, Peripheries and Identities in the Empire of Eloquence

The Making of a Late Humanist Orator

Tradition and Innovation in Campos' 1745 Oration

Prosopopoeia and Patriotism

Defining Citizenship in the ''Mexican'' Branch of the Republic of Letters

The Meta-Geography of the Mexicani

Chapter 6 The Republic of Eloquence

Defining ''Post-Humanism''

''Post-Humanist'' Eloquence in the Hispanic Economic Societies

Neoclassicism and Republican Nationalism in the September Orations

Bibliography

Archival Sources

Mexico

Peru

Chile

United States of America

Spain

Portugal

Italy

India

Philippines

Japan

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Index

Notes:

Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)-- Harvard University, 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Print version McManus, Stuart M., 1986- Empire of eloquence

ISBN:

9781108909181

1108909183

1108905951

9781108905954

OCLC:

1237650006

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