{"product_id":"seneca-the-elder-paperback-9780521044356","title":"Seneca the Elder (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521044356","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSeneca the Elder\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of Seneca's literary criticism, first published in 1981.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJanet Fairweather (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521044356, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 November 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA feature of Roman rhetorical education under the early empire was the dominance of the declamatio - the declamation on a mythological, historical or quasi-legal theme designed in the first place to train students for the law courts and political debating but indulged in for its own sake by amateurs as well as students and teachers of rhetoric. The elder Seneca, father of the philosopher and dramatist, compiled an anthology of the often bizarre utterances of the declaimers. Janet Fairweather's 1981 book is a detailed study of the anthologist's literary criticism. From Seneca's prefactory descriptions of declaimers and passing remarks on their work, she derives evidence for all the stages in the preparation and delivery of declamations; and from the same source, in conjunction with select declamatory extracts, she shows that rhetorical taste in Seneca's time was not so uniform as is commonly supposed.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Place of Seneca the Elder in Literary History: 1. Seneca the Elder: a man of his time\u003cbr\u003e 2. The declamatory anthology\u003cbr\u003e 3. The criticism\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Seneca the Elder on the History of Eloquence: 4. Oratory and rhetorical theory up to his own time\u003cbr\u003e 5. The history of declamation\u003cbr\u003e 6. The decline of rhetoric in the early Empire\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Five Aspects of Declamation: the Elder Seneca's Evidence: 7. Inventio\u003cbr\u003e 8. Dispositio\u003cbr\u003e 9. Elocutio\u003cbr\u003e 10. Memoria\u003cbr\u003e 11. Actio\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Place of Early Imperial Declamation in Literary History: the Elder Seneca's Evidence: 12. Asianism, Atticism, and the styles of the declaimers\u003cbr\u003e 13. Declamation and literary modernism in the early Empire\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Clausula usage of Seneca, Latro and Fuscus\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006260334872,"sku":"9780521044356","price":31.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521044356i_719ada80-db22-4f56-befe-c9df24d0a3dd.jpg?v=1694968631","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/seneca-the-elder-paperback-9780521044356","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}