UID:
edocfu_9958354377102883
Format:
1 online resource(vi,336p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2015. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9783110401882
Series Statement:
Law & Literature; 10
Content:
Ancient declamation defies easy categorization. It stands at the crossroads of several modern disciplines. Only within the past few decades the complexity of declamation and the promise inherent in its study have come to be recognized. The book contains 13 essays from international scholars, engages with the multidisciplinary nature of ancient declamation, focusing on the interactions in declamation between rhetoric, literature, law, and ethics.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Law and Ethics in Greek and Roman Declamation: Current Perspectives, Future Directions /
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Law in Declamation: The status legales in Senecan controversiae /
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Shared Speech in the Collection of the Elder Seneca (Contr. 10.4): Towards a Study of Common Literary Passages as Community Interaction /
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Forensic Intrusion into the Schools of Rhetoric: A Reading of Cassius Severus’ Attack on Cestius Pius /
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Ambiguous Silence: stuprum and pudicitia in Latin Declamation /
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Quaedam iura non lege, sed natura: Nature and Natural Law in Roman Declamation /
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Parricidii sit actio: Killing the Father in Roman Declamation /
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Cases of Poisoning in Greek and Roman Declamation /
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Truth by Force? Torture as Evidence in Ancient Rhetoric and Roman Law /
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The Law in the Major Declamations Ascribed to Quintilian /
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Tyrants and Tyrannicides: Between Literary Creation and Contemporary Reality in Greek Declamation /
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Nature over Law: Themes of Disowning in Libanius’ Declamations /
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Demosthenes’ Moral and Legal Arguments in Libanius’ Declamations /
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Two Laws, Two Loves: Generational Conflict Between a Father and His Son in Choricius’ Declamations 5 and 6 /
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Contributors --
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Index of Ancient Names --
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Index of Modern Names --
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General Index.
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Also available in print edition.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110401783
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110401899
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110401882
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110401882
