Masters of Roman prose from Cato to Apuleius : interpretative studies / Michael von Albrecht ; translated by Neil Adkin.
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| Other title: | Meister römischer Prosa von Cato bis Apuleius. English |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
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Leeds, Great Britain :
F. Cairns,
1989.
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| Series: | ARCA, classical and medieval texts, papers, and monographs ;
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The beginnings of literary prose: M. Porcius Cato (234-149 B.C.)
- I. On farming. Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Sentence structure
- 3. Verbal repetition
- 4. Accumulation of synonyms
- 5. Overall structure
- 6. Summary
- II. Speech in the Senate for the Rhodians (167 B.C.)
- 1. The problem
- 2. Cato's special qualities and his method of argumentation in the speech
- 3. Accumulation of synonyms and alliteration
- 4. Verbal repetition
- 5. Word order
- 6. Conclusion
- III. A Roman Leonidas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Form and content
- 2. Two great orators: C. Gracchus (154-121 B.C.) and Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
- C. Gracchus: From the speech De legibus promulgatis (122 B.C.)
- Cicero against Verres
- 1. The problem
- 2. Attitude to language: Latinitas
- mundities
- 3. Narrative technique: Brevitas
- 4. Rationality: Acutum
- 5. Style and emotion
- 6. Conclusion
- 3. Caesar (100-44 B.C.)
- I. Funeral oration for Julia (69 B.C.)
- II. Reflection and rapid action (Gall. 7,27)
- 1. Objective style
- 2. Functional approach
- 3. Overall structure: economy of means
- 4. Facultas dicendi imperatoria
- 5. Candour or pose?
- 4. Sallust (b. 86 B.C.)
- I. Ambition
- 1. Phonetics, vocabulary, syntax
- 2. General survey: sentence structure and sequence of thought
- 3. Symmetry and asymmetry
- 4. Catonian and Sallustian elements
- II. Triumph through treachery
- 1. Form and content
- 2. Centripetal style
- 3. Dramatic qualities
- 4. Structural intent
- 5. Psychology and authorial interpretation
- 5. Sullan and Augustan historiography: Claudius Quadrigarius and Livy
- Q. Claudius Quadrigarius (Sullan period)
- Livy (59 B.C.-17 A.D.)
- A. Comparison of content
- B. Comparison of language and style
- 1. Claudius Quadrigarius
- 2. Livy
- C. Narrative structure
- 1. Claudius Quadrigarius
- 2. Livy, 100
- 6. Two philosophical texts
- I. Cicero (106-43 B.C.): Earthly glory and true immortality
- 1. Sequence of thought
- 2. Sentence connection
- 3. Multiplicity in sentence structure
- 4. Emphatic positions in the sentence
- 5. Vocabulary
- 6. Form and content
- 7. Conclusion
- II. Seneca (d. 65 A.D.): On the value of time
- 1. Form and the sequence of ideas
- 2. Vocabulary
- 3. Metaphorical language
- 4. Sentence connection
- 5. Brilliance; wit; ̀aggressive' style
- 6. Rhetorical modes of thought
- 7. Seneca
- an anti-Cicero?
- 7. Petronius (d. 66 A.D.)
- Table talk from the ̀Satyricon'
- A. Language and style
- 1. Specific points: vulgarism and hypercorrection
- 2. Vocabulary
- 3. Metaphorical language; ̀elevated' and ̀humble' elements of style
- 4. Elliptical expression and implicit meaning
- 5. Formulaic elements
- B. Structure and sentence connection
- 8. Tacitus (cos. 97 A.D.): A speech of the Emperor Claudius. Original and literary recasting
- Senatus consultum Claudianum (oratio Claudii) de iure honorum Gallis dando, 48 A.D.
- Tac. ann. 11,24
- A. Overall structure and sequence of ideas
- 1. Claudius
- 2. Tacitus
- 3. Comparison
- B. Language and style
- 1. Claudius
- 2. Tacitus
- 3. Stylistic comparison
- 9. The Younger Pliny (cos. 100 A.D.)
- A writer's success in the hunt
- 10. Apuleius (b. c. 125 A.D.)
- An abortive bid for salvation
- 1. Narrative structure
- 2. A donkey's standpoint
- 3. Clarity of expression
- 4. Highlights
- 5. Detachment and a higher level of communication.