An authoritative overview and helpful resource for students and scholars of Roman history and Latin literature during the reign of Nero.
The first book of its kind to treat this era, which has gained in popularity in recent years
Makes much important research available in English for the first time
Features a balance of new research with established critical lines
Offers an unusual breadth and range of material, including substantial treatments of politics, administration, the imperial court, art, archaeology, literature and reception studies
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An authoritative overview and helpful resource for students and scholars of Roman history and Latin literature during the reign of Nero.
As a genre situated at the crossroad of rhetoric and fiction, declamatio offers the freedom to experiment with new forms of discourse. Placing the literariness of declamatio into the spotlight, this volume showcases declamation as a realm of genuine literary creation with its own theoretical underpinning, literary technique and generic conventions. Focusing on the oeuvre of (Ps)Quintilian, this volume demonstrates that these texts constitute a genre on their own, the rhetorical and literary framework of which remains not yet fully mapped. It is of interest to students and...
As a genre situated at the crossroad of rhetoric and fiction, declamatio offers the freedom to experiment with new forms of discourse. Pla...
