| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 355 pages .) |
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text file PDF |
| Series |
Law & literature ; volume 10
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Law & literature (De Gruyter) ; v. 10.
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| Note |
Text in English. Contains excerpts in Latin and Greek, some with parallel English translations. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Law and Ethics in Greek and Roman Declamation: Current Perspectives, Future Directions; Law in Declamation: The status legales in Senecan controversiae; Shared Speech in the Collection of the Elder Seneca (Contr. 10.4): Towards a Study of Common Literary Passages as Community Interaction; Forensic Intrusion into the Schools of Rhetoric: A Reading of Cassius Severus' Attack on Cestius Pius; Ambiguous Silence: stuprum and pudicitia in Latin Declamation; Quaedam iura non lege, sed natura: Nature and Natural Law in Roman Declamation. |
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Parricidii sit actio: Killing the Father in Roman DeclamationCases of Poisoning in Greek and Roman Declamation; Truth by Force? Torture as Evidence in Ancient Rhetoric and Roman Law; The Law in the Major Declamations Ascribed to Quintilian; Tyrants and Tyrannicides: Between Literary Creation and Contemporary Reality in Greek Declamation; Nature over Law: Themes of Disowning in Libanius' Declamations; Demosthenes' Moral and Legal Arguments in Libanius' Declamations; Two Laws, Two Loves: Generational Conflict Between a Father and His Son in Choricius' Declamations 5 and 6; Contributors. |
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Index of Ancient NamesIndex of Modern Names; General Index. |
| Summary |
Ancient declamation defies easy categorization. It stands at the crossroads of several modern disciplines. Only within the past few decades the complexity of declamation and the promise inherent in its study have come to be recognized. The book contains 13 essays from international scholars, engages with the multi-disciplinary nature of ancient declamation, focusing on the interactions in declamation between rhetoric, literature, law, and ethics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Rhetoric, Ancient. |
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Law in literature.
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Law in literature. |
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Ethics in literature.
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Ethics in literature. |
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Latin literature -- History and criticism.
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Latin literature. |
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Greek literature -- History and criticism.
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Greek literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Amato, Eugenio, editor.
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Citti, Francesco, editor.
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Huelsenbeck, Bart, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Law and ethics in Greek and Roman declamation. 9783110401783 3110401789 (DLC) 2014049041 |
| ISBN |
3110401886 (electronic book) |
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9783110401882 (electronic book) |
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3110402084 |
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9783110402087 |
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9783110401783 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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3110401789 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9783110401882 |
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