Latin Panegyric by Roger Rees (English) Paperback Book

Description: Latin Panegyric by Roger Rees Latin Panegyric represents modern readings on the collection of classical Latin oratory addressed to Roman emperors. With a full introduction, and with four essays translated into English for the first time, the volume plots the narratives of Roman praise and gives students of classical literature and rhetoric direct access to key scholarship. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description What was Roman political praise for and what could it achieve? Could it have literary merit? What do the surviving examples of Roman political praise-giving reveal about the circumstances and milieu in which they originated? Latin Panegyric brings together sixteen essays focussing on praise in the Roman Empire and, in particular, on praise of the emperor. Spanning a century of scholarship, and constituting landmark studies ondifferent aspects of the largest collection of classical Latin oratory to survive after Cicero - the Panegyrici Latini - this collection includes speeches addressed to the emperors Trajan, Maximian, Constantine,Julian, and Theodosius, and traces three centuries of oratorical praise-giving in the Roman world. These influential readings consider textual, rhetorical, literary, political, and religious matters, and together represent the evolving landscape of academic attitudes towards praise discourse, with its strengths and problems, and towards some of the best-known Roman emperors. With a full introduction by the editor, and with four essays translated into English for the first time, this valuablevolume plots the narratives of Roman praise and gives students of classical literature, history, and rhetoric direct access to key scholarship. Author Biography Roger Rees is Reader in Latin at St Andrews University. Table of Contents Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductions1: R.D. Rees: The Modern History of Latin Panegyric2: R.A.B. Mynors and translated by R.D. Rees.: Preface to the OCT edition of the XII Panegyrici Latini3: R. Pichon and translated by R.D. Rees: The Origin of the Panegyrici Latini CollectionPlinys Panegyricus4: B. Radice: Pliny and the Panegyricus5: S. Morton Braund: Praise and Protreptic in Early Imperial Panegyric6: E. Fantham: Two Levels of Orality in the Genesis of Plinys Panegyricus7: M.P.O. Morford: iubes esse liberos: Plinys Panegyricus and Liberty8: S. Bartsch: The Art of Sincerity: Plinys Panegyricus9: Divine Comedya Accession propaganda in Pliny, Epistles 10.1-2 and the PanegyricThe Gallic Panegyrics10: C.E.V. Nixon: Latin Panegyric in the Tetrarchic and Constantinian Period11: S. MacCormack: Latin Prose Panegyrics12: E. Vereeke and translated by R.D. Rees: The Corpus of Latin Panegyrics from Late Antiquity: Problems of Imitation13: W.S. Maguinness: Locutions and Formulae of the Latin Panegyrist14: B. Saylor Rodgers: Divine Insinuation in the Panegyrici Latini15: B.H. Warmington: Aspects of Constantinian Propaganda in the Panegyrici Latini16: R. Blockley: The Panegyric of Claudius Mamertinus on the Emperor Julian17: A. Lippold and translated by D. Richardson: The Ideal of the Ruler and Attachment to tradition in Pacatus PanegyricBibliography Promotional Four essays translated from French, German, and Latin into English for the first time. Long Description What was Roman political praise for and what could it achieve? Could it have literary merit? What do the surviving examples of Roman political praise-giving reveal about the circumstances and milieu in which they originated? Latin Panegyric brings together sixteen essays focussing on praise in the Roman Empire and, in particular, on praise of the emperor. Spanning a century of scholarship, and constituting landmark studies ondifferent aspects of the largest collection of classical Latin oratory to survive after Cicero - the Panegyrici Latini - this collection includes speeches addressed to the emperors Trajan, Maximian, Constantine, Julian, and Theodosius, and traces three centuries of oratorical praise-giving in the Roman world. Theseinfluential readings consider textual, rhetorical, literary, political, and religious matters, and together represent the evolving landscape of academic attitudes towards praise discourse, with its strengths and problems, and towards some of the best-known Roman emperors. With a full introduction by the editor, and with four essays translated into English for the first time, this valuable volume plots the narratives of Roman praise and gives students of classical literature, history, andrhetoric direct access to key scholarship. Feature Four essays translated from French, German, and Latin into English for the first time.The essays are taken from various decades from the last centurys scholarship and represent the most influential and modern readings on the collection of speeches of praise addressed to Roman emperors.Contains a full introduction by the editor and an up-to-date bibliography which provides a key point of reference for further study. New Feature Abbreviations Part I. Introductions 1. The Modern History of Latin Panegyric, Roger Rees 2. Preface to the OCT Edition of the XII Panegyrici Latini, R. A. B. Mynors 3. The Origin of the Panegyrici Latini Collection, RenPichon Part II. Plinys Panegyricus 4. Pliny and the Panegyricus, Betty Radice 5. Praise and Protreptic in Early Imperial Panegyric: Cicero, Seneca, Pliny, Susanna Morton Braund 6. Two Levels of Orality in the Genesis of Plinys Panegyricus, Elaine Fantham 7. iubes esse liberos: Plinys Panegyricus and Liberty, Mark Morford 8. The Art of Sincerity: Plinys Panegyricus, Shadi Bartsch 9. Divine Comedy? Accession Propaganda in Pliny Epistles 10.1-2 and the Panegyric, Stanley Hoffer Part III. The Gallic Panegyrics 10. Latin Panegyric in the Tetrarchic and Constantinian Period, C. E. V. Nixon 11. Imagery in Panegyrics, Sabine MacCormack 12. The Corpus of Latin Panegyrics from Late Antiquity: Problems of Imitation, E. Vereeke 13. Locutions and Formulae of the Latin Panegyrist, W. S. Maguinness 14. Divine Insinuation in the Panegyrici Latini, Barbara Saylor Rodgers 15. Aspects of Constantinian Propaganda in the Panegyrici Latini, Brian Warmington 16. The Panegyric of Claudius Mamertinus on the Emperor Julian, Roger Blockley 17. The Ideal of the Ruler and Attachment to tradition in Pacatus Panegyric, Adolf Lippold Bibliography Acknowledgements Index Details ISBN0199576726 Publisher Oxford University Press Series Oxford Readings in Classical Studies ISBN-10 0199576726 ISBN-13 9780199576722 Format Paperback Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Roger Rees Author Roger Rees Language English Media Book Year 2012 Short Title LATIN PANEGYRIC Pages 448 DEWEY 873.01 Affiliation Reader in Latin, St Andrews University. UK Release Date 2012-03-15 Publication Date 2012-03-15 AU Release Date 2012-03-15 NZ Release Date 2012-03-15 Birth 1946 Position Program Officer for Human Rights Qualifications FMS Alternative 9780199576715 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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