Author: BERNSTEIN, NEIL W.
Title: Ethics, Identity, and Community in Later Roman Declamation
Description: Oxford University Press, 2013. Hardcover. ISBN: 0199964114. Ethics, Identity, and Community in Later Roman Declamation is the first book devoted exclusively to the Major Declamations and its reception in later European literature. It argues that the fictional scenarios of the Major Declamations enable the conceptual exploration of a variety of ethical and social issues. Chapters 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. This much-needed and engaging study will rescue the Major Declamations from generations of neglect, while critically informing current work in rhetorical studies. ; 240 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0199964114 Late Antiquity Ethics & Morality Oratory Social & Cultural


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