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

Summary: 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 literary criticism.

Record details

ISBN: 0521820057 (Cloth)
ISBN: 9780511070136
ISBN: 0511070136
ISBN: 9780511061677 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0511061676 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 285 p.)
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Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-272) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	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
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.