The State of Speech : : Rhetoric and Political Thought in Ancient Rome /

The State of Speech : : Rhetoric and Political Thought in Ancient Rome / / Joy Connolly.

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Rhetorical theory, the core of Roman education, taught rules of public speaking that are still influential today. But Roman rhetoric has long been regarded as having little important to say about political ideas. The State of Speech presents a forceful challenge to this view. The first book to read...

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Connolly, Joy,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2007
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations used
  • Introduction Rhetoric and political thought
  • Chapter One. Founding the state of speech
  • Chapter Two. Naturalized citizens
  • Chapter Three. The body politic
  • Chapter Four. The aesthetics of virtue
  • Chapter Five. Republican theater
  • Chapter Six. Imperial reenactments
  • Conclusion. The Ciceronian citizen in a global world
  • Bibliography
  • Ancient sources
  • Index

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