{"product_id":"ethics-identity-and-community-in-later-roman-declamation-9780199964116","title":"Ethics, Identity, and Community in Later Roman Declamation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRhetorical 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. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eMajor Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e 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 the Greco-Roman declamation, the \u003cem\u003eMajor Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e have generally been neglected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEthics, Identity, and Community in Later Roman Declamation \u003c\/em\u003eis the first book devoted exclusively to the \u003cem\u003eMajor Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e and its reception in later European literature. It argues that the fictional scenarios of the \u003cem\u003eMajor Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e enable the conceptual exploration of a variety of ethical and social issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapters 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis much-needed and engaging study will rescue the \u003cem\u003eMajor Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e from generations of neglect, while critically informing\u003cbr\u003ecurrent work in rhetorical studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil W. Bernstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199964116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeil W. Bernstein\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and World Religions at Ohio University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937683226739,"sku":"0199964114","price":211.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_bfefc402-5187-4356-9c85-e6b546d29074.jpg?v=1647995668","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/ethics-identity-and-community-in-later-roman-declamation-9780199964116","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}