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A guide to Roman rhetoric from its origins to the Renaissance and beyond. Comprises 32 original essays by leading international scholars. Explores major figures Cicero and Quintilian in-depth. Covers a broad range of topics such as rhetoric and politics, gender, status, self-identity, education, and literature.

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"Dominik and Hall have produced a solid, well-structured and accessible piece of work, which not only provides an excellent starting point to newcomers, but also contains a number of original contributions that will be of interest to more advanced scholars." (Scholia Reviews, June 2010)



Table of Contents

Contents

Notes on Contributors viii

Preface xii

Texts and Abbreviations xiv

Part I Approaching Rhetoric 1

1 Confronting Roman Rhetoric 3
William Dominik and Jon Hall

2 Modern Critical Approaches to Roman Rhetoric 9
John Dugan

3 Greek Rhetoric Meets Rome: Expansion, Resistance, and Acculturation 23
Sarah Culpepper Stroup

4 Native Roman Rhetoric: Plautus and Terence 38
John Barsby

5 Roman Oratory Before Cicero: The Elder Cato and Gaius Gracchus 54
Enrica Sciarrino

Part II Rhetoric and Its Social Context 67

6 Rhetorical Education and Social Reproduction in the Republic and Early Empire 69
Anthony Corbeill

7 Virile Tongues: Rhetoric and Masculinity 83
Joy Connolly

8 Oratory, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Republic 98
Michael C. Alexander

9 Oratory and Politics in the Empire 109
Steven H. Rutledge

10 Roman Senatorial Oratory 122
John T. Ramsey

11 Panegyric 136
Roger Rees

12 Roman Oratorical Invective 149
Valentina Arena

Part III Systematizing Rhetoric 161

13 Roman Rhetorical Handbooks 163
Robert N. Gaines

14 Elocutio: Latin Prose Style 181
Roderich Kirchner

15 Memory and the Roman Orator 195
Jocelyn Penny Small

16 Wit and Humor in Roman Rhetoric 207
Edwin Rabbie

17 Oratorical Delivery and the Emotions: Theory and Practice 218
Jon Hall

Part IV Rhetoricians and Orators 235

18 Lost Orators of Rome 237
Catherine Steel

19 Cicero as Rhetorician 250
James M. May

20 Cicero as Orator 264
Christopher P. Craig

21 Grammarians and Rhetoricians 285
Charles McNelis

22 Roman Declamation: The Elder Seneca and Quintilian 297
W. Martin Bloomer

23 Quintilian as Rhetorician and Teacher 307
Jorge Ferna´ndez Lo´pez

24 Tacitus and Pliny on Oratory 323
William Dominik

25 Rhetoric and the Second Sophistic 339
Graham Anderson

26 Roman Rhetoric and Its Afterlife 354
John O. Ward

Part V Rhetoric and Roman Literature 367

27 Rhetoric and Literature at Rome 369
Matthew Fox

28 Rhetoric and Epic: Vergil’s Aeneid and Lucan’s Bellum Civile 382
Emanuele Narducci

29 Rhetoric and Satire: Horace, Persius, and Juvenal 396
Dan Hooley

30 Rhetoric and Ovid 413
Ulrike Auhagen

31 Rhetoric and the Younger Seneca 425
Marcus Wilson

32 Rhetoric and Historiography 439
Cynthia Damon

Bibliography 451

Glossary of Technical Terms 487

Index Locorum 495

General Index 502

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 18/12/2009
      ISBN13: 9781444334159, 978-1444334159
      ISBN10: 1444334158
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A guide to Roman rhetoric from its origins to the Renaissance and beyond. Comprises 32 original essays by leading international scholars. Explores major figures Cicero and Quintilian in-depth. Covers a broad range of topics such as rhetoric and politics, gender, status, self-identity, education, and literature.

      Trade Review
      "Dominik and Hall have produced a solid, well-structured and accessible piece of work, which not only provides an excellent starting point to newcomers, but also contains a number of original contributions that will be of interest to more advanced scholars." (Scholia Reviews, June 2010)



      Table of Contents

      Contents

      Notes on Contributors viii

      Preface xii

      Texts and Abbreviations xiv

      Part I Approaching Rhetoric 1

      1 Confronting Roman Rhetoric 3
      William Dominik and Jon Hall

      2 Modern Critical Approaches to Roman Rhetoric 9
      John Dugan

      3 Greek Rhetoric Meets Rome: Expansion, Resistance, and Acculturation 23
      Sarah Culpepper Stroup

      4 Native Roman Rhetoric: Plautus and Terence 38
      John Barsby

      5 Roman Oratory Before Cicero: The Elder Cato and Gaius Gracchus 54
      Enrica Sciarrino

      Part II Rhetoric and Its Social Context 67

      6 Rhetorical Education and Social Reproduction in the Republic and Early Empire 69
      Anthony Corbeill

      7 Virile Tongues: Rhetoric and Masculinity 83
      Joy Connolly

      8 Oratory, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Republic 98
      Michael C. Alexander

      9 Oratory and Politics in the Empire 109
      Steven H. Rutledge

      10 Roman Senatorial Oratory 122
      John T. Ramsey

      11 Panegyric 136
      Roger Rees

      12 Roman Oratorical Invective 149
      Valentina Arena

      Part III Systematizing Rhetoric 161

      13 Roman Rhetorical Handbooks 163
      Robert N. Gaines

      14 Elocutio: Latin Prose Style 181
      Roderich Kirchner

      15 Memory and the Roman Orator 195
      Jocelyn Penny Small

      16 Wit and Humor in Roman Rhetoric 207
      Edwin Rabbie

      17 Oratorical Delivery and the Emotions: Theory and Practice 218
      Jon Hall

      Part IV Rhetoricians and Orators 235

      18 Lost Orators of Rome 237
      Catherine Steel

      19 Cicero as Rhetorician 250
      James M. May

      20 Cicero as Orator 264
      Christopher P. Craig

      21 Grammarians and Rhetoricians 285
      Charles McNelis

      22 Roman Declamation: The Elder Seneca and Quintilian 297
      W. Martin Bloomer

      23 Quintilian as Rhetorician and Teacher 307
      Jorge Ferna´ndez Lo´pez

      24 Tacitus and Pliny on Oratory 323
      William Dominik

      25 Rhetoric and the Second Sophistic 339
      Graham Anderson

      26 Roman Rhetoric and Its Afterlife 354
      John O. Ward

      Part V Rhetoric and Roman Literature 367

      27 Rhetoric and Literature at Rome 369
      Matthew Fox

      28 Rhetoric and Epic: Vergil’s Aeneid and Lucan’s Bellum Civile 382
      Emanuele Narducci

      29 Rhetoric and Satire: Horace, Persius, and Juvenal 396
      Dan Hooley

      30 Rhetoric and Ovid 413
      Ulrike Auhagen

      31 Rhetoric and the Younger Seneca 425
      Marcus Wilson

      32 Rhetoric and Historiography 439
      Cynthia Damon

      Bibliography 451

      Glossary of Technical Terms 487

      Index Locorum 495

      General Index 502

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