Cicero's Use of Judicial Theater /
"In Cicero's Use of Judicial Theater, Jon Hall examines Cicero's use of showmanship in the Roman law-courts, looking in particular at the nonverbal devices that he employs during his speeches as he attempts to manipulate opinion. Cicero's speeches in the law-courts often incorpor...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Judicial theater in ancient Rome: some basic considerations
- A sordid business: the use of "mourning clothes" in the courts
- Too proud to beg: appeals and supplications in the courts
- Shedding tears in court: when crying is good
- Judicial theatrics beyond Cicero
- Conclusion.