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Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory (Hardcover)
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Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory (Hardcover)
Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes
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This volume acknowledges the centrality of comic invective in a
range of oratorical institutions (especially forensic and
symbouleutic), and aspires to enhance the knowledge and
understanding of how this technique is used in such con-texts of
both Greek and Roman oratory. Despite the important scholarly work
that has been done in discussing the patterns of using invective in
Greek and Roman texts and contexts, there are still notable gaps in
our knowledge of the issue. The introduction to, and the twelve
chapters of, this volume address some understudied multi-genre and
interdisciplinary topics: first, the ways in which comic invective
in oratory draws on, or has implications for, comedy and other
genres, or how these literary genres are influenced by oratorical
theory and practice, and by contemporary socio-political
circumstances, in articulating comic invective and targeting
prominent individuals; second, how comic invective sustains
relationships and promotes persuasion through unity and division;
third, how it connects with sexuality, the human body and
male/female physiology; fourth, what impact generic dichotomies,
as, for example, public-private and defence-prosecution, may have
upon using comic invective; and fifth, what the limitations in its
use are, depending on the codes of honour and decency in ancient
Greece and Rome.
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