Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility - Tapa blanda

Bloomer, W. Martin

 
9780807865095: Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility
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ISBN 10: 0807865095 ISBN 13: 9780807865095
Editorial: The University of North Carolina Press, 2011

Sinopsis

Throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Valerius Maximus’s Memorable Deeds and Sayings was the most widely read prose after the Bible. Bloomer revives this classic text to examine how, why, and for whom Valerius composed this collection of rhetorical examples. He argues that the work expresses the concerns and anxieties of literate first-century Romans and shows that it creates paradigms for a new culture.

Originally published in 1992.

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Críticas

"Makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of Valerius within the cultural and social conditions in which he lived. . . . All readers will profit from Bloomer's book, and we should eagerly look forward to his further insights into Roman literature."--"AJP" "An important book. Bloomer for the first time in English places Valerius Maximus in his cultural, literary, and educational milieu."--T. James Luce, Jr., Princeton University "In this sympathetic, lucid re-evaluation, Bloomer gives meaning and significance to the work of a Roman author once popular, but long forgotten. The literature, rhetoric, and history of the Late Republic and Early Empire are all illuminated by it."--Richard J. A. Talbert, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Valerius Maximus's ###Memorable Deeds and Sayings# was the most widely read prose after the Bible. Bloomer revives this classic text to examine how, why, and for whom Valerius composed this collection of rhetorical examples. He argues that the work expresses the concerns and anxieties of literate first-century Romans and shows that it creates paradigms for a new culture.

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Editorial
The University of North Carolina Press
Año de publicación
2011
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0807865095
ISBN 13 
9780807865095
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
296
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ISBN 10:  0807820474 ISBN 13:  9780807820476
Editorial: The University of North Carolina..., 1992
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