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

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Roche, Paul

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (x, 208 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781139093248
113909324X
9781139092210
1139092219
1139088904
9781139088909
1107222079
9781107222076
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9781283127561
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9781139092722
9786613127563
6613127566
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9781139090407
0511920571
9780511920578

Other title:

Panegyricus in the Roman world

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pliny's praise.DDC classification:

876/.01 22

LOC classification:

PA6640.Z5 P58 2011eb

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Contents:

1. Pliny's thanksgiving: an introduction to the Panegyricus / Paul Roche -- 2. Self-fashioning in the Panegyricus / Carlos F. Noreña -- 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.

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

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"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