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Author_Ann Vasaly
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cicero
ciceronian oratory
ciceronian persuasion
ciceronian studies
classical literature
classical studies
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ethnic
ethos and locus
in catilinam
literary theory
meaning of things
milieu
monuments
oral communication
oratory
performance art
persuade
persuasion
physical world
places
political structures
public presentation
raw material
representation theory
rhetoric
signa
social structures
topographical structures
topography
Product details
- ISBN 9780520201781
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jan 1996
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Ann Vasaly introduces representation theory into the study of Ciceronian persuasion and contends that an understanding of milieu - social, political, topographical - is crucial to understanding Ciceronian oratory. As a genre uniquely dependent on an immediate interaction between author and audience, ancient oratory becomes performance art. Vasaly investigates the way Cicero represented the contemporary physical world - places, topography, and monuments, both those seen and those merely mentioned - to his listeners and demonstrates how he used these representations to persuade. Her exceptionally well-written study deftly recaptures the immediacy of Cicero's oratory and makes a trenchant contribution to an important new area of inquiry in Classical Studies.
Ann Vasaly is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University.
