Cicero''s Speeches - The Critic in Action

The Critic in Action. Cicero made a multiple bid for literary acclaim with his oratory and his writings on rhetoric, together with his works on politics, religion and philosophy. He was both orator, and critic and his efficiency in preserving written versions of his speeches have left us with an abundance of material for the comparison of theory with practice. In this book Stephen Usher gives a detailed account of how Cicero viewed oratory, and what influenced the formation of his ideal. Cicero himself identifies eight desirable qualities and refinements that oratory should contain: literary knowledge and culture, knowledge and understanding of

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Usher
• Publisher: Aris & Phillips
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2008
• EAN: 9780856688744
• ISBN: 978-0-85668-874-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Aris and Phillips Classical Te
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity