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Title Pliny's praise : the Panegyricus in the Roman world / edited by Paul Roche.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 208 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Pliny's Panegyricus (AD 100) survives as a unique example of senatorial rhetoric from the early Roman Empire. It offers an eyewitness account of the last years of Domitian's principate, the reign of Nerva and Trajan's early years, and it communicates a detailed senatorial view on the behaviour expected of an emperor. It is an important document in the development of the ideals of imperial leadership, but it also contributes greatly to our understanding of imperial political culture more generally. This volume, the first ever devoted to the Panegyricus, contains expert studies of its key historical and rhetorical contexts, as well as important critical approaches to the published version of the speech and its influence in antiquity. It offers scholars of Roman history, literature and rhetoric an up-to-date overview of key approaches to the speech, and students and interested readers an authoritative introduction to this vital and under-appreciated speech"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and indexes.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Pliny's thanksgiving: an introduction to the Panegyricus / Paul Roche; 2. Self-fashioning in the Panegyricus / Carlos F. NoreƱa; 3. The Panegyricus and the monuments of Rome / Paul Roche; 4. The Panegyricus and rhetorical theory / D.C. Innes; 5. Ciceronian praise as a step towards Pliny's Panegyricus / Gesine Manuwald; 6. Contemporary contexts / Bruce Gibson; 7. Politics and the sublime in the Panegyricus / G.O. Hutchinson; 8. Down the pan : historical exemplarity in the Panegyricus / John Henderson; 9. Afterwords of praise / Roger Rees.
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Subject Pliny, the Younger. Panegyricus.
Pliny, the Younger -- Literary style.
Pliny, the Younger.
Literary style.
Panegyricus (Pliny, the Younger)
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin -- History and criticism.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin.
Praise in literature.
Praise in literature.
Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-284 A.D. -- Historiography.
Chronological Term 30 B.C.-284 A.D
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author Roche, P. A. (Paul A.)
Added Title Panegyricus in the Roman world
Other Form: Print version: Pliny's praise. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9781107009059 (DLC) 2011005727 (OCoLC)703104519
ISBN 9781139093248 (electronic book)
113909324X (electronic book)
9781139092210 (electronic book)
1139092219 (electronic book)
9781107009059 (print)
1107009057 (print)