Greek Oratory - Tradition and Originality

Zusatztext more precisely and elegantly stated, and more thoroughly illustrated and supported than anything I am familiar with ... this book has considerable strengths and will interest all who work on the orators. Informationen zum Autor Stephen Usher was formerly Senior lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway College, University of London Klappentext Some of the finest Greek writers--Demosthenes! Lysias! Antiphon--were also great orators. However! a number of other Greek writers who specialized purely in oratory have largely been overlooked by classicists. Dr. Stephen Usher addresses this imbalance by showing the diversity of the inherited rhetorical tradition! and by demonstrating through close critical examination how the individual characteristics of the orators were developed. Zusammenfassung Oratory became a distinct genre in the fifth century and reached its maturity in the fourth. This book traces the development of its techniques by examining the contribution made by orators. Dr Usher provides an analysis of the problems of composition and the responses of contemporary audiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Early Rhetorical Tradition 2: Antiphon 3: Andocides 4: Lysias. Isocrates Logographos 5: Isaeus 6: Demosthenes Logographos (Part I). Demosthenes Symboulos 7: Demosthenes Logographos (Part II) 8: Aeschines 9: Isocrates Sophistes 10: Lycurgus. Hyperides. Apollodorus. Dinarchus 11: Ceremonial Oratory 12: Conclusion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen Usher
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.01.2002
• EAN: 9780199250028
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925002-8
• Pagine: 404
• Serie: Tradition and Originality
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; Essays, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Essays, General & world history, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Literary essays, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval