Author: Vasaly, Ann
Title: Representations : Images of the World in Ciceronian Oratory
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1993. orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xii,301 pp.. Rubbed. Corner bump. A 3-cm tear to front interior hinge. Good. ¶ Ann Vasaly introduces representation theory into the study of Ciceronian persuasion and contends that an understanding of milieu - social, political, topographical - is crucial to understanding Ciceronian oratory. As a genre uniquely dependent on an immediate interaction between author and audience, ancient oratory becomes performance art. Vasaly investigates the way Cicero represented the contemporary physical world - places, topography, and monuments, both those seen and those merely mentioned - to his listeners and demonstrates how he used these representations to persuade. Her exceptionally well-written study deftly recaptures the immediacy of Cicero's oratory and makes a trenchant contribution to an important new area of inquiry in Classical Studies" - publisher's description.

Keywords: Classical Philology, Cicero, Latin Literature, Mimesis, Literary Criticism, Ancient Oratory, Rome, Roman,