The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Major Declamations Ascribed to Quintilian
Author : Beatrijs Margreet Caroline Breij
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Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,54 MB
Release : 2007
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ISBN : 9789090217482
Author : Beatrijs Margreet Caroline Breij
Publisher :
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,54 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
ISBN : 9789090217482
Author : Quintilian
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 10,1 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
The Major (or «longer») Declamations falsely ascribed to the Roman rhetorician Quintilian contain nineteen model speeches on fictitious court cases, more precisely termed controversiae. Composed by an unknown author or authors, perhaps in the second or third centuries A.D., these are the only extant full Latin controversiae, the practice speeches whose composition anddelivery formed the mainstay of Roman higher education. Declamation therefore had a profound effect on the literature of the Empire, and also on subsequent European literature, rhetoric, and education. This is the only full modern translation of the Major Declamations.
Author : Martin T. Dinter
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 11,36 MB
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3110387778
As a genre situated at the crossroad of rhetoric and fiction, declamatio offers the freedom to experiment with new forms of discourse. Placing the literariness of declamatio into the spotlight, this volume showcases declamation as a realm of genuine literary creation with its own theoretical underpinning, literary technique and generic conventions. Focusing on the oeuvre of (Ps)Quintilian, this volume demonstrates that these texts constitute a genre on their own, the rhetorical and literary framework of which remains not yet fully mapped. It is of interest to students and scholars of Rhetoric and Roman Literature.
Author : Robinson Ellis
Publisher :
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 42,50 MB
Release : 19??
Category : Declamationes pseudo-Quintilianeae (Maiores)
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Author : Marco Fabio Quintiliano
Publisher :
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 16,46 MB
Release : 1984
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ISBN : 9783111764641
Author : Laurent Pernot
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 21,17 MB
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9047428471
This volume gathers over forty papers by leading scholars in the field of the history of rhetoric. It illustrates the current trends in this new area of research and offers a great richness of insights. The contributors are from fourteen different countries in Europe, America and Asia ; the majority of the papers are in English and French, some others in German, Italian, and Spanish. The texts and subjects covered include the Bible, Classical Antiquity, Medieval and Modern Europe, Chinese and Korean civilization, and the contemporary world. Word, speech, language and institutions are addressed from several points of view. One major topic, among many others, is Rhetoric and Religion.
Author : Neil W. Bernstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 21,34 MB
Release : 2013-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0199964122
Rhetorical training was the central component of an elite Roman man's education, and declamations--imaginary courtroom speeches in the character of a fictional or historical individual--were the most advanced exercises in the standard rhetorical curriculum. The Major Declamations is a collection of nineteen full-length Latin speeches attributed in antiquity to Quintilian but most likely composed by a group of authors in the second and third centuries CE. Though there has been a recent revival of interest in Greco-Roman declamation, the Major Declamations has generally been neglected. Ethics, Identity, and Community in Later Roman Declamation is the first book devoted exclusively to the Major Declamations and its reception in later European literature. It argues that the fictional scenarios of the Major Declamations enable the conceptual exploration of a variety of ethical and social issues. Chapters explore these cultural matters, covering, in turn, the construction of authority, the verification of claims, the conventions of reciprocity, and the ethics of spectatorship. The book closes with a study of the reception of the collection by the Renaissance humanist Juan Luis Vives and the eighteenth-century scholar Lorenzo Patarol, followed by a brief postscript that deftly surveys the use of declamatory exercises in the contemporary university. This much-needed and engaging study will rescue the Major Declamations from generations of neglect, while critically informing current work in rhetorical studies.
Author : Eugenio Amato
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 10,33 MB
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 3110402084
Ancient declamation—the practice of delivering speeches on the basis of fictitious scenarios—defies easy categorization. It stands at the crossroads of several modern disciplines. It is only within the past few decades that the full complexity of declamation, and the promise inherent in its study, have come to be recognized. This volume, which contains thirteen essays from an international team of scholars, engages with the multidisciplinary nature of declamation, focusing in particular on the various interactions in declamation between rhetoric, literature, law, and ethics. Contributions pursue a range of topics, but also complement each other. Separate essays by Brescia, Lentano, and Lupi explore social roles—their tensions and expectations—as defined through declamation. With similar emphasis on historical circumstances, Quiroga Puertas and Tomassi consider the adaptation of rhetorical material to frame contemporary realities. Schwartz draws attention to the sometimes hazy borderline between declamation and the courtroom. The relationship between laws and declamation, a topic of abiding importance, is examined in studies by Berti, Breij, and Johansson. Also with an eye to the complex interaction between laws and declamation, Pasetti offers a narratological analysis of cases of poisoning. Citti discovers the concept of natural law represented in declamatory material. While looking at a case of extreme cruelty, Huelsenbeck evaluates the nature of declamatory language, emphasizing its use as an integral instrument of performance events. Zinsmaier looks at discourse on the topic of torture in rhetorical and legal contexts.
Author : Tacitus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1316757315
Books 5 and 6 of Tacitus' Annals cover the last years of the emperor Tiberius. Although most of Book 5 is lost, Book 6 survives complete and offers a vivid narrative of the increasingly tyrannical princeps, secluded on the island of Capri; the book ends with his death and obituary notice, one of the most celebrated passages of classical literature. The volume presents a new text of Books 5 and 6, restoring the division between them which was proposed by Lipsius, as well as a full commentary on the text, covering textual, literary, linguistic and historical matters. An Appendix discusses 'The Tacitean Tiberius'. The volume rounds off the sequence which began with commentary on Books 1 and 2 of Tacitus' Annals by F. R. D. Goodyear (1972, 1981) and was continued by commentary on Book 3 by A. J. Woodman and R. H. Martin (1996).
Author : Robinson Ellis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 10,53 MB
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781333659356
Excerpt from The Tenth Declamation of Pseudo Quintilian: A Lecture Delivered in the Hall of Corpus Christi College on Thursday, May 11, 1911 Two motives have induced me to turn into English and deliver as a public lecture one of the 19 larger Declamations ascribed to Quintilian, but now believed to be the work of a much later date. The Xth of these rhetorical exercita tions occupies a prominent place in the collection owing to its subject, the (supposed) return from the grave and appear ance to his mother of a young man on the evening of the day on which he had been cremated and several evenings following. In other words, the declamation is interesting spiritualistically. I do not suppose any ghost story has ever been recorded so circumstantially, and this is my chief reason for selecting it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.