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Declamation, paternity, and Roman identity : authority and the rhetorical self /

For centuries declamation was a staple of education and cultured literary life in the Roman world. This book radically re-evaluates the genre, its social import, and its place in the history of the Western self. It will interest specialists in classics, rhetoric, queer studies, and psychoanalytic li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gunderson, Erik
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION A praise of folly; CHAPTER 1 Recalling declamation; CHAPTER 2 Fathers and sons; bodies and pieces; CHAPTER 3 Living declamation; CHAPTER 4 Raving among the insane; CHAPTER 5 An Cimbrice loquendum sit; CHAPTER 6 Paterni nominis religio; By way of conclusion; APPENDIX 1 Further reading; LATIN TEXTS AND COMMENTARIES; ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS; GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX 2 Sample declamations; I. THE MAJOR DECLAMATIONS; II. CALPURNIUS FLACCUS; III. THE MINOR DECLAMATIONS; IV. SENECA THE ELDER; References.