Praise and blame in Roman republican rhetoric
By: editors, Christopher Smith and Ralph Covino
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Swansea
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781905125463
Subjects: Latin Laudatory poetry; Invective; Ancient Oratory; History and criticism; Eulogies; Ancient Rhetoric; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-235) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : praise and blame in Roman oratory / William J. Dominik and Christopher Smith; title: Self-serving sermons : oratory and the self-construction of the republican aristocrat / Karl-J Hölkeskamp; title: Cicero's oratory of praise and blame and the practice of elections in the late Roman republic / Catherine Steel; title: Historical exempla as tools of praise and blame in Ciceronian oratory / Henriette van de Blom; title: The lauditorio funebris as a vehicle for praise and admonition / Ralph Covino; title: The whole truth? : Laudationes in the courtroom / Roger Rees; title: Cicero and the 'false dilemma' / Robin Seager; title: Blaming the people in front of the people : restraint and outbursts of orators in Roman contiones / Martin Jehne; title: Violating the principles of partnership : Cicero on Quinctus and Naevius / Jill Harris; title: Combating the odium of self-praise : Cicero's Divinatio in Caecilium / Kathryn Tempest; title: Invective identities in Pro Caelio / W. Jeffrey Tatum; title: Praising Caesar : towards the construction of an autocratic ruler's image between the Roman Republic and the Empire / Cristina Rosillo López; title: The function of praise and blame in Cicero's Philippics / Gesine Manuwald.