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Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to Cicero's writings for students and non-specialists. Draws on recent transformative research on the political and literary culture of the late Roman Republic and presents important new research on Cicero's reception in late antiquity and from the Renaissance period onwards.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction Catherine Steel; Part I. The Greco-Roman Intellectual: 1. Cicero and the intellectual milieu of the late Republic Anthony Corbeill; 2. Cicero's rhetorical theory John Dugan; 3. Cicero's style J. G. F. Powell; 4. Writing philosophy Malcolm Schofield; 5. Cicero's poetry Emma Gee; 6. The law in Cicero's writings Jill Harries; 7. Cicero and Roman identity Emma Dench; Part II. The Roman Politician: 8. The political impact of Cicero's speeches Ann Vasaly; 9. Cicero, oratory, and public life Catherine Steel; 10. Cicero, tradition, and performance Andrew Bell; 11. Political philosophy James E. G. Zetzel; 12. Writer and addressee in Cicero's letters Ruth Morello; 13. Saviour of the Republic and Father of the Fatherland: Cicero and political crisis Jon Hall; Part III. Receptions of Cicero: 14. Tully's boat: responses to Cicero in the imperial period Alain M. Gowing; 15. Cicero in late antiquity Sabine MacCormack; 16. Cicero in the Renaissance David Marsh; 17. Cicero during the Enlightenment Matthew Fox; 18. Nineteenth-century Ciceros Nicholas P. Cole; 19. Twentieth/twenty-first-century Cicero(s) Lynn S. Fotheringham.
