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The State of Speechby Joy Connolly
Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 55.00Rhetorical theory, the core of Roman education, taught rules of public speaking that are still influential today. But Roman rhetoric has long been regarded as having little important to say about political ideas. The State of Speech presents a forceful challenge to this view. The first book to read Roman rhetorical writing as a mode of political thought, it focuses on Rome's greatest practitioner and theorist of public speech, Cicero. Through new readings of his dialogues and treatises, Joy Connolly shows how Cicero's treatment of the Greek rhetorical tradition's central questions is shaped by his ideal of the republic and the citizen. Rhetoric, Connolly argues, sheds new light on Cicero's deepest political preoccupations: the formation... more...
Rhetoric at Romeby M. L. Clarke
Routledge 1996; US$ 38.95This new edition of M.L. Clarke's 1953 classics study of Roman rhetoric incorporates corrections and a new introduction by D.H. Berry. The bibliography has been substantially updated and supplemented by suggestions for further reading. more...
Roman Epicby Anthony J. Boyle
Routledge 1996; US$ 125.00Distinguished Latinists examine the formation and evolution of Roman epic from its beginnings in the third century BC to the high Italian Renaissance. more...
Virgil's Aeneidby Richard McDougall; Suzanne Pavlos
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 9.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on Aeneid takes you on the journey of a band of survivors who leave their destroyed city to seek another home in a faraway country. Woven from myth and legend, the story is about rebirth, about life springing forth from ruin and death. This study guide will help navigate the voyages of the Trojans and uncover their significance in Virgil's time and today. You'll also gain insight into the life and cultural background of the author. Other features that... more...
Tragic Senecaby A. J. Boyle
Routledge 1997; US$ 135.00Tragic Seneca undertakes a radical re-evaluation of Seneca's plays, their relationship to Roman imperial culture and their instrumental role in the evolution of the European theatrical tradition. more...
Ausonius of Bordeauxby Hagith Sivan
Routledge 1993; US$ 140.00Ausonius' life and work are placed firmly within their historical context of forth-century Gaul. His biography and literary output also serve as a point of departure for an overall inquiry into the formation of late Roman Gallic aristocracy. more...
Roman Eloquenceby William J. Dominik
Routledge 1997; US$ 39.95This accessible and critically up-to-date volume will be of interest to Classicists, literary theorists and anyone concerned with the origins, development and influence of Roman rhetorical theory and practice. more...
Linguistic Commentary on Livius Andronicusby Ivy Livingston
Routledge 2004; US$ 156.00As the oldest literary Latin preserved in any quantity, the language of Livius shows many features of linguistic interest and raises intriguing questions of phonolgy, morphology and syntax. more...
Rhetoric in Cicero's Pro Balboby Kimberly A. Barber
Routledge 2004; US$ 111.00This book offers an examination of Cicero's speech, the Pro Balbo . The first detailed study of the speech, this study analyses the work according to the ancient rhetorical categories. more...
Latin Fictionby Heinz Hofmann
Routledge 2004; US$ 34.95A distinguished collection of papers offering the widest available introduction to fiction in Latin, from Petronius to Middle Ages, and including Christian as well as pagan novels. more...