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The Major Declamations Ascribed to Quintilian

A Translation

Lewis A. Sussman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXX, 257 Seiten

1987
Lang, Peter Frankfurt (Verlag)
978-3-8204-9772-4 (ISBN)

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The Major (or 'longer') Declamations falsely ascribed to the Roman rhetorician Quintilian contain nineteen model speeches on fictitious court cases, more precisely termed controversiae. Composed by an unknown author or authors, perhaps in the second or third centuries A.D., these are the only extant full Latin controversiae, the practice speeches whose composition anddelivery formed the mainstay of Roman higher education. Declamation therefore had a profound effect on the literature of the Empire, and also on subsequent European literature, rhetoric, and education. This is the only full modern translation of the Major Declamations.

Contents: Introduction - (I) The Case of the Bloody Palm Prints on the Wall - (II) The Case of the Blind Man Found at His Bedroom Door - (III) The Case of the Soldier in the Army of Marius.

'Le travail de M.Sussmann en a d'autant plus de prix, car il rend accessible à l'ensemble des romanistes et des sociologues ces témoignages d'une esthétique aujourd'hui discutable.' (P.Hamblenne, Les Etudes Classiques) 'An indispensable addition to holdings in classical studies or rhetoric.' (P.Mitsis, Choice)'Lewis A. Sussman's new book will be a welcome addition to the libraries of humanists, historians, and educators.Scholars interested in The Major Declamations, in education and/or rhetoric in late antiquity.will profit greatly from the insights which this translator's excellent facility with Latin, knowledge, good sense, and sensibility afford.' (Nicolas P. Gross, University of Delaware, Quarterly Journal of Speech)

Verlagsort	Frankfurt
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	370 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Latein / Altgriechisch
ISBN-10	3-8204-9772-2 / 3820497722
ISBN-13	978-3-8204-9772-4 / 9783820497724
Zustand	Neuware