Cicero on the Attack
Invective and Subversion in the Orations and Beyond
Cicero on the Attack
Invective and Subversion in the Orations and Beyond
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This title includes eight new essays, from a distinguished international cast, that examine the techniques of Cicero's verbal aggression. Analysis includes political and forensic context but also Cicero's own formal theory of rhetoric and his debts to other genres, literary and dramatic.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Man and Matter - Joan Booth
1. Invective and the Orator: Ciceronian Theory and Practice - J.G.F. Powell
2. Ciceronian Invective: Themes and Variations - Robin Seager
3. The Semantics and Pragmatics of Ciceronian Invective - Javier Uría
4. Smear and Spin: Ciceronian Tactics in De Lege Agraria I - Keith Hopwood
5. Name and Shame? Invective Against Clodius and Others in the Post-Exile Speeches - Catherine Steel
6. Acting the Part: Techniques of the Comic Stage in Cicero's Early Speeches - Byron Harries
7. Greek Auxiliaries: Tragedy and Philosophy in Ciceronian Invective - Ingo Gildenhard
8. 'What a Funny Consul We Have!' Cicero's Dealings with Cato Uticensis and Prominent Friends in Opposition - Rogier L. van der Wal
Index
Introduction: Man and Matter - Joan Booth
1. Invective and the Orator: Ciceronian Theory and Practice - J.G.F. Powell
2. Ciceronian Invective: Themes and Variations - Robin Seager
3. The Semantics and Pragmatics of Ciceronian Invective - Javier Uría
4. Smear and Spin: Ciceronian Tactics in De Lege Agraria I - Keith Hopwood
5. Name and Shame? Invective Against Clodius and Others in the Post-Exile Speeches - Catherine Steel
6. Acting the Part: Techniques of the Comic Stage in Cicero's Early Speeches - Byron Harries
7. Greek Auxiliaries: Tragedy and Philosophy in Ciceronian Invective - Ingo Gildenhard
8. 'What a Funny Consul We Have!' Cicero's Dealings with Cato Uticensis and Prominent Friends in Opposition - Rogier L. van der Wal
Index
Product details
| Published | 30 Nov 2007 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 220 |
| ISBN | 9781905125197 |
| Imprint | Classical Press of Wales |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | The Classical Press of Wales |
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