Title: Making a new man
Description: "Making a New Man investigates how Cicero, Rome's most influential orator (106-43 B.C.E.), used a series of treatises on rhetorical theory in order to mould his identity within Roman culture. John Dugan argues that Cicero's rhetorical works - far from being disinterested, purely abstract investigations of oratory - form part of a discernible programme in which Cicero constructs his self. Cicero uses these cultural works to solidify his political and literary legacy and to frame himself as a new entity within Roman cultural life: a leader who bases his authority upon intellectual, oratorical, and literary accomplishments instead of the traditional avenues for prestige - a distinguished familial pedigree, political or military feats.

Eschewing conventional Roman notions of manliness, Cicero constructs a distinctly aestheticized identity that flirts with the questionable domains of the theatre and the feminine, and thus fashions himself as a 'new man'."--Jacket.
Subjects: Ancient Oratory, Ancient Rhetoric, History and criticism, Orators, Self in literature, Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin, Cicero, marcus tullius, Speeches, addresses, etc., Rhetoric, ancient, Oratory, ancient, Art oratoire, Et la rhetorique, Zelfbeeld, Zelfpresentatie, Retorica, Didactisch proza, Latijn, Discours latins, Histoire et critique, Moi (Psychologie) dans la litterature, Rhetorique ancienne, Eloquence antique, Orateurs
Places: Rome
People: Marcus Tullius Cicero