Politeness and politics in Cicero's letters
By: Jon Hall.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780195329063
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius; Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Criticism and interpretation; Letter writing, Classical
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Doing aristocratic business : affiliative politeness and the politeness of respect; title: From polite fictions to hypocrisy; title: Redressive politeness : requests, refusals and advice; title: Politeness in epistolary conflict; title: Politeness and political negotiation.