The Cambridge Companion to Cicero

A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity.

Catherine Steel (Edited by)

9780521729802, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 2 May 2013

441 pages, 1 map
22.8 x 15.3 x 2 cm, 0.71 kg

'A brisk and business-like guide.' The Times Literary Supplement

Cicero was one of classical antiquity's most prolific, varied and self-revealing authors. His letters, speeches, treatises and poetry chart a political career marked by personal struggle and failure and the collapse of the republican system of government to which he was intellectually and emotionally committed. They were read, studied and imitated throughout antiquity and subsequently became seminal texts in political theory and in the reception and study of the Classics. This Companion discusses the whole range of Cicero's writings, with particular emphasis on their links with the literary culture of the late Republic, their significance to Cicero's public career and their reception in later periods.

Introduction Catherine Steel
Part I. The Greco-Roman Intellectual: 1. Cicero and the intellectual milieu of the late Republic Anthony Corbeill
2. Cicero's rhetorical theory John Dugan
3. Cicero's style J. G. F. Powell
4. Writing philosophy Malcolm Schofield
5. Cicero's poetry Emma Gee
6. The law in Cicero's writings Jill Harries
7. Cicero and Roman identity Emma Dench
Part II. The Roman Politician: 8. The political impact of Cicero's speeches Ann Vasaly
9. Cicero, oratory, and public life Catherine Steel
10. Cicero, tradition, and performance Andrew Bell
11. Political philosophy James E. G. Zetzel
12. Writer and addressee in Cicero's letters Ruth Morello
13. Saviour of the Republic and Father of the Fatherland: Cicero and political crisis Jon Hall
Part III. Receptions of Cicero: 14. Tully's boat: responses to Cicero in the imperial period Alain M. Gowing
15. Cicero in late antiquity Sabine MacCormack
16. Cicero in the Renaissance David Marsh
17. Cicero during the Enlightenment Matthew Fox
18. Nineteenth-century Ciceros Nicholas P. Cole
19. Twentieth/twenty-first-century Cicero(s) Lynn S. Fotheringham.

Subject Areas: History of ideas [JFCX], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], European history [HBJD], Literary companions, book reviews & guides [DSRC], Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB], Literature: history & criticism [DS], Literature & literary studies [D]