The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore

✍ Scribed by Elaine Fantham

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 365
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since I'm only on page nine of the book I cannot give a proper evaluation of the entire book. However it is clear that great detail is presented on the specifics of Cicero's time. I look forward to further reading.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 11
1 Cicero at 50......Page 12
2 The Public Careers ofL. Licinius Crassus andM. Antonius......Page 37
3 Constructing the Dialogue:The Challenge of Plato......Page 60
4 The Future Orator:Talent, Training,and the Choice of Model......Page 89
5 The Orator and the Law......Page 113
6 Oratory and Literature:The Spoken and theWritten Word......Page 142
7 Rediscovering AristotelianInvention......Page 172
8 Wit and Humour as theOrator’s Combat Weapons......Page 197
9 Political Persuasion:Senate and Contio......Page 220
10 Style and Substance:Cicero’s Rethinkingof Elocutio......Page 248
11 Res Pervolgatae: Wordsand their Manipulation inStandard RhetoricalTheory......Page 278
12 Into Action: The Oratoras Public Figure......Page 298
13 Epilogue: The Statesmanand the State in De Oratoreand After......Page 316
Bibliography......Page 340
Index I......Page 350
Index II Persons......Page 356
Index III Legal, Political, and Rhetorical Terms......Page 361