A Companion to Roman Rhetoric

Copyright © 2007 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Roman Rhetoric

Editor(s): William Dominik, Jon Hall

Published Online: 30 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9781405120913

Online ISBN: 9780470996485

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996485

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A Companion to Roman Rhetoric introduces the reader to the wide-ranging importance of rhetoric in Roman culture.

  • A guide to Roman rhetoric from its origins to the Renaissance and beyond
  • Comprises 32 original essays by leading international scholars
  • Explores major figures Cicero and Quintilian in-depth
  • Covers a broad range of topics such as rhetoric and politics, gender, status, self-identity, education, and literature
  • Provides suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter
  • Includes a glossary of technical terms and an index of proper names and rhetorical concepts

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xix)

  2. Part I: Approaching Rhetoric

    1. Chapter 1

      Confronting Roman Rhetoric (pages 1–8)

      William Dominik and Jon Hall

    2. Chapter 2

      Modern Critical Approaches to Roman Rhetoric (pages 9–22)

      John Dugan

    3. Chapter 3

      Greek Rhetoric Meets Rome: Expansion, Resistance, and Acculturation (pages 23–37)

      Sarah Culpepper Stroup

    4. Chapter 4

      Native Roman Rhetoric: Plautus and Terence (pages 38–53)

      John Barsby

    5. Chapter 5

      Roman Oratory Before Cicero: The Elder Cato and Gaius Gracchus (pages 54–66)

      Enrica Sciarrino

  3. Part II: Rhetoric and Its Social Context

    1. Chapter 6

      Rhetorical Education and Social Reproduction in the Republic and Early Empire (pages 67–82)

      Anthony Corbeill

    2. Chapter 7

      Virile Tongues: Rhetoric and Masculinity (pages 83–97)

      Joy Connolly

    3. Chapter 8

      Oratory, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Republic (pages 98–108)

      Michael C. Alexander

    4. Chapter 9

      Oratory and Politics in the Empire (pages 109–121)

      Steven H. Rutledge

    5. Chapter 10

      Roman Senatorial Oratory (pages 122–135)

      John T. Ramsey

    6. Chapter 11

      Panegyric (pages 136–148)

      Roger Rees

    7. Chapter 12

      Roman Oratorical Invective (pages 149–160)

      Valentina Arena

  4. Part III: Systematizing Rhetoric

    1. Chapter 13

      Roman Rhetorical Handbooks (pages 161–180)

      Robert N. Gaines

    2. Chapter 14

      Elocutio: Latin Prose Style (pages 181–194)

      Roderich Kirchner

    3. Chapter 15

      Memory and the Roman Orator (pages 195–206)

      Jocelyn Penny Small

    4. Chapter 16

      Wit and Humor in Roman Rhetoric (pages 207–217)

      Edwin Rabbie

    5. Chapter 17

      Oratorical Delivery and the Emotions: Theory and Practice (pages 218–234)

      Jon Hall

  5. Part IV: Rhetoricians and Orators

    1. Chapter 18

      Lost Orators of Rome (pages 235–249)

      Catherine Steel

    2. Chapter 19

      Cicero as Rhetorician (pages 250–263)

      James M. May

    3. Chapter 20

      Cicero as Orator (pages 264–284)

      Christopher P. Craig

    4. Chapter 21

      Grammarians and Rhetoricians (pages 285–296)

      Charles McNelis

    5. Chapter 22

      Roman Declamation: The Elder Seneca and Quintilian (pages 297–306)

      W. Martin Bloomer

    6. Chapter 23

      Quintilian as Rhetorician and Teacher (pages 307–322)

      Jorge Fernández López

    7. Chapter 24

      Tacitus and Pliny on Oratory (pages 323–338)

      William Dominik

    8. Chapter 25

      Rhetoric and the Second Sophistic (pages 339–353)

      Graham Anderson

    9. Chapter 26

      Roman Rhetoric and its Afterlife (pages 354–366)

      John O. Ward

  6. Part V: Rhetoric and Roman Literature

    1. Chapter 27

      Rhetoric and Literature at Rome (pages 367–381)

      Matthew Fox

    2. Chapter 28

      Rhetoric and Epic: Vergil's Aeneid and Lucan's Bellum Civile (pages 382–395)

      Emanuele Narducci

    3. Chapter 29

      Rhetoric and Satire: Horace, Persius, and Juvenal (pages 396–412)

      Dan Hooley

    4. Chapter 30

      Rhetoric and Ovid (pages 413–424)

      Ulrike Auhagen

    5. Chapter 31

      Rhetoric and the Younger Seneca (pages 425–438)

      Marcus Wilson

    6. Chapter 32

      Rhetoric and Historiography (pages 439–450)

      Cynthia Damon

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      Bibliography (pages 451–486)

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      Glossary of Technical Terms (pages 487–494)

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      Index Locorum (pages 495–501)

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      General Index (pages 502–524)

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