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The theatre of justice : aspects of performance in Greco-Roman oratory and rhetoric /

The Theatre of Justice contains 17 chapters that offer a holistic view of performance in Greek and Roman oratorical and political contexts. This holistic view consists of the examination of two areas of techniques. The first one relates to the delivery of speeches and texts: gesticulation, facial ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Papaioannou, Sophia (Editor ), Serafim, Andreas (Editor ), Vela, Beatrice da (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.
Colección:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Theatre of Justice contains 17 chapters that offer a holistic view of performance in Greek and Roman oratorical and political contexts. This holistic view consists of the examination of two areas of techniques. The first one relates to the delivery of speeches and texts: gesticulation, facial expressions and vocal communication. The second area includes a wide diversity of techniques that aim at forging a rapport between the speaker and the audience, such as emotions, language and style, vivid imagery and the depiction of characters.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 355 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004341876
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