Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 301 pages)
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9780520916715
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0520916719
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0585153752
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9780585153759
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9780520077553
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0520077555
Inhalt:
Ann Vasaly introduces representation theory into the study of Ciceronian persuasion and contends that an understanding of milieu--social, political, topographical--is crucial to understanding Ciceronian oratory. As a genre uniquely dependent on an immediate interaction between author and audience, ancient oratory becomes performance art. Vasaly investigates the way Cicero represented the contemporary physical world--places, topography, and monuments, both those seen and those merely mentioned--to his listeners and demonstrates how he used these representations to persuade. Her exceptionally well-written study deftly recaptures the immediacy of Cicero's oratory and makes a trenchant contribution to an important new area of inquiry in Classical Studies
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-276) and indexes
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Ambiance, rhetoric and the meaning of things -- Transforming the visible: in Catilinam 1 and 3 -- Signa and signifiers: a world created -- Ethos and Locus: ancient perspectives -- Place and commonplace: country and city -- Ethnic personae.
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In English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0520201787
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Vasaly, Ann Representations Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1993 ISBN 0520077555
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
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Altertumswissenschaften
