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The World of Tacitus´ Dialogus de Oratoribus: Aesthetics and Empire in Ancient Rome
Christopher S. Van Den Berg
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hardcover. Re-evaluates Tacitus' dialogue about the limits and possibilities of public speech in the Roman Principate. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
Coming to terms with the rhetorical arts of antiquity necessarily illuminates our own ideas of public discourse and the habits of speech to which they have led. Tacitus wrote the Dialogus at a time (ca. 100 CE) when intense scrutiny of the history, the definitions, and the immediate relevance of public speech were all being challenged and refashioned by a host of vibrant intellects and ambitious practitioners. This book challenges the notion that Tacitus sought to explain the decline of oratory under the Principate. Rather, from examination of the dynamics of argument in the dialogue and the underlying literary traditions ... Read more
Coming to terms with the rhetorical arts of antiquity necessarily illuminates our own ideas of public discourse and the habits of speech to which they have led. Tacitus wrote the Dialogus at a time (ca. 100 CE) when intense scrutiny of the history, the definitions, and the immediate relevance of public speech were all being challenged and refashioned by a host of vibrant intellects and ambitious practitioners. This book challenges the notion that Tacitus sought to explain the decline of oratory under the Principate. Rather, from examination of the dynamics of argument in the dialogue and the underlying literary traditions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
652g
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107020900
SKU
V9781107020900
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About Christopher S. Van Den Berg
Christopher van den Berg is Assistant Professor of Classics at Amherst College, Massachusetts.
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