1st Edition

Roman Eloquence Rhetoric in Society and Literature

Edited By William J. Dominik Copyright 1998
282 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

The present volume is part of a general renaissance in the study of rhetoric and bears testimony to a discipline undergoing rapid and exciting change. It draws together established and newer scholars in the field to produce a probing and innovative analysis of the role played by rhetoric in Roman culture. Utilizing a variety of critical approaches and methodologies, these scholars examine not only... Read more
Part 1 Theories, Transitions and Tensions; Chapter 1 Introduction, Gualtiero Calboli, William J. Dominik; Chapter 2 Ciceronian Rhetoric, John T. Kirby; Chapter 3 Caecilius, the ‘Canons’ of Writers, and the Origins of Atticism, Neil O’Sullivan; Chapter 4 The style is the Man, William J. Dominik; Part 2 Rhetoric and Society; Chapter 5 Field and Forum, Catherine Connors; Chapter 6 Gender and Rhetoric, Amy Richlin; Chapter 7 The Contexts and Occasions of Roman public Rhetoric, Elaine Fantham; Part 3 Rhetoric and Genre; Chapter 8 Towards a Rhetoric of (Roman?) Epic, Joseph Farrell; Chapter 9 Declamation and Contestation in Satire, Susanna Morton Braund; Chapter 10 Melpomene’s Declamation (Rhetoric and Tragedy), Sander M. Goldberg; Chapter 11 Inter Tribunal et Scaenam, Joseph J. Hughes; Chapter 12 Eros and Eloquence, Peter Toohey; Chapter 13 Persuasive History, Jr Robert W. Cape; Chapter 14 Substructural elements of Architectonic Rhetoric and Philosophical thought in Fronto’s Epistles, Michele Valerie Ronnick;

Biography

William J. Dominik is Associate Professor (Reader) of Classics at the University of Natal, South Africa, and the editor of the classical journal Scholia. He has published a number of books and articles on Roman literature and rhetoric.