Lavoisier S.A.S.
14 rue de Provigny
94236 Cachan cedex
FRANCE

Heures d'ouverture 08h30-12h30/13h30-17h30
Tél.: +33 (0)1 47 40 67 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 47 40 67 02


Url canonique : www.lavoisier.fr/livre/sciences-humaines-et-sociales/the-world-of-tacitus-dialogus-de-oratoribus/descriptif_3762707
Url courte ou permalien : www.lavoisier.fr/livre/notice.asp?ouvrage=3762707

The World of Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus Aesthetics and Empire in Ancient Rome

Langue : Anglais

Auteur :

Couverture de l’ouvrage The World of Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus
Re-evaluates Tacitus' dialogue about the limits and possibilities of public speech in the Roman Principate.
Coming to terms with the rhetorical arts of antiquity necessarily illuminates our own ideas of public discourse and the habits of speech to which they have led. Tacitus wrote the Dialogus at a time (ca. 100 CE) when intense scrutiny of the history, the definitions, and the immediate relevance of public speech were all being challenged and refashioned by a host of vibrant intellects and ambitious practitioners. This book challenges the notion that Tacitus sought to explain the decline of oratory under the Principate. Rather, from examination of the dynamics of argument in the dialogue and the underlying literary traditions there emerges a sophisticated consideration of eloquentia in the Roman Empire. Tacitus emulates Cicero's legacy and challenges his position at the top of Rome's oratorical canon. He further shows that eloquentia is a means by which to compete with the power of the Principate.
Introduction: rhetorical beginnings and rhetorical ends; 1. The Dialogus and its contexts; 2. Interpretations; 3. Interstitial strategies and reading around the speeches; 4. A world of eloquentia; 5. An aetiology of contemporary eloquentia; 6. From De oratore to De oratoribus; 7. Literary criticism and history: Cicero, Horace, and Quintilian in the Dialogus; Conclusion; Appendix: detailed outline of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus.
Christopher van den Berg is Assistant Professor of Classics at Amherst College, Massachusetts.

Date de parution :

Ouvrage de 354 p.

16x23.5 cm

Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 14 jours).

Prix indicatif 121,50 €

Ajouter au panier

Thème de The World of Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus :