{"product_id":"9780199964116","title":"Ethics, Identity, and Community in Later Roman Declamation","description":"\u003cp\u003eRhetorical training was the central component of an elite Roman man's education, and declamations--imaginary courtroom speeches in the character of a fictional or historical individual--were the most advanced exercises in the standard rhetorical curriculum. The \u003cem\u003eMajor Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of nineteen full-length Latin speeches attributed in antiquity to Quintilian but most likely composed by a group of authors in the second and third centuries CE. Though there has been a recent revival of interest in Greco-Roman declamation, the \u003cem\u003eMajor Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e has generally been neglected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEthics, Identity, and Community in Later Roman Declamation \u003c\/em\u003eis the first book devoted exclusively to the \u003cem\u003eMajor Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e and its reception in later European literature. It argues that the fictional scenarios of the \u003cem\u003eMajor Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e enable the conceptual exploration of a variety of ethical and social issues. Chapters explore these cultural matters, covering, in turn, the construction of authority, the verification of claims, the conventions of reciprocity, and the ethics of spectatorship. The book closes with a study of the reception of the collection by the Renaissance humanist Juan Luis Vives and the eighteenth-century scholar Lorenzo Patarol, followed by a brief postscript that deftly surveys the use of declamatory exercises in the contemporary university. This much-needed and engaging study will rescue the \u003cem\u003eMajor Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e from generations of neglect, while critically informing current work in rhetorical studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022878261488,"sku":"9780199964116","price":82.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199964116_p0.jpg?v=1763673592","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199964116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}