Declamation, Paternity, and Roman Identity: Authority and the Rhetorical Self

ISBN-13: 9780521820059 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 298 str.

Erik Gunderson

Opis

Declamation was a staple of education and cultured literary life in the Roman world over many centuries. This book offers a radical re-evaluation of the genre, its social importance, and its role in the history of the Western self. Ironically, this genre obsessed with "growing up" has been rejected by its own posterity. Erik Gunderson explores the social and psychic dynamics of this refusal within the ancient world as well as beyond. The book is of interest to specialists in classics, rhetoric, queer studies, and psychoanalytic literary criticism.

Recenzje

'This book suits its subject well. Gunderson's treatment will surely stimulate debate'. Anthony Corbeill, University of Kansas

Spis treści

Preface: Acheron; Introduction: a praise of folly; Part I. Where Ego Was …: 1. Recalling declamation; 2. Fathers and sons; bodies and places; 3. Living declamation; 4. Raving among the insane; Part II. Let Id Be: 5. An Cimbrice loquendum sit: speaking and unspeaking the language of homosexual desire; 6. Paterni nominis religio; By way of conclusion; Appendix 1: further reading; Appendix 2: sample declamations; List of references; Index locorum; General index.