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Situated at the crossroads of rhetoric and fiction, the genre of
declamatio offers its practitioners the freedom to experiment with
new forms of discourse. This volume places the literariness of
Roman declamation into the spotlight by showcasing its theoretical
influences, stylistic devices, and generic conventions as related
by Seneca the Elder, the author of the Controversiae and Suasoriae,
which jointly make up the largest surviving collection of
declamatory speeches from antiquity. Authored by an international
group of leading scholars of Latin literature and rhetoric, the
chapters explore not only the historical roles of individual
declaimers, but also the physical and linguistic techniques upon
which they collectively drew. In addition, the 'dark side of
declamation' is illuminated by contributions on the competitiveness
of the arena and the manipulative potential of declamatory skill
and, in keeping with the overall treatment of declamation as a
literary phenomenon, a section has also been dedicated to
intertextuality. Drawing on thought-provoking analyses of Seneca
the Elder's works, the volume highlights the complexity of these
texts and maps out, for the first time, the socio-cultural context
for their composition, delivery, and reception, as well as
providing a comprehensive, innovative, and up-to-date treatment of
Roman declamation that will be essential for both students and
scholars in the fields of Latin literature, Republican Roman
history, and rhetoric.
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.
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
Calpurnius Flaccus this volume demonstrates that these texts
constitute a genre on their own, the rhetorical and literary
framework of which remains not yet fully mapped. Contributions from
an international group of leading scholars from the field of Roman
Literature and Rhetoric will explore the question of how Roman
Declamation functions as a literary genre. This volume investigates
the literary technique and the generic conventions of declamatio in
its social, pedagocial and ethical context to determine "the
poetics" of Roman Declamation. This volume is of interest to
students and scholars of Rhetoric and Roman Literature. If you are
interested in Roman Declamation, we also recommend the volume on
the Declamations Ascribed to Quintilian by the same editors to you.
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
Calpurnius Flaccus this volume demonstrates that these texts
constitute a genre on their own, the rhetorical and literary
framework of which remains not yet fully mapped. Contributions from
an international group of leading scholars from the field of Roman
Literature and Rhetoric will explore the question of how Roman
Declamation functions as a literary genre. This volume investigates
the literary technique and the generic conventions of declamatio in
its social, pedagocial and ethical context to determine "the
poetics" of Roman Declamation. This volume is of interest to
students and scholars of Rhetoric and Roman Literature. If you are
interested in Roman Declamation, we also recommend the volume on
the Declamations Ascribed to Quintilian by the same editors to you.
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poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
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