1st Edition
The Dynamics of Rhetorical Performances in Late Antiquity
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Theory and Practice of Rhetorical Performance from Classical Antiquity to Imperial Times
Literature Review
Theoretical Approaches to Rhetorical Performance in Antiquity
Narrations of Rhetorical Performances in Greco-Roman Literature
2: Charlatans, Philosophers, and Philostratean Bishops in Late Antique Literature
Philosophers, Belletrists and Charlatans
Philostratean Bishops
3: All the world’s a stage. Libanius’ life as a Rhetorical Performance
Literature Review
Becoming a sophist
A Performable Life. The Narrations of Rhetorical Performances in Libanius’ Autobiography
A star is born
Homecoming
4: Conclusions
Index
Biography
Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas (Ph.D. 2006) is Lecturer in the Department of Ancient Greek at the University of Granada, Spain. He has been an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, UK (2006-2009), and was fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington D.C., US (2014-2015). His main research interests include Greek Imperial literature and the impact of rhetoric in the creation of cultural and religious identities in Late Antiquity. He has edited the volumes The Purpose of Rhetoric in Late Antiquity: From Performance to Exegesis (2013) and Rhetorical Strategies in Late Antique Literature: Images, Metatexts, and Interpretation (2017).
