The voices of the consul : the rhetorics of Cicero's De lege agraria I and II /

"This book probes the ideology of De lege agraria I and II, Cicero's first two speeches as consul, delivered to the senate and the people respectively. The book propounds and applies a model of applied discourse analysis to draw out the implicit ideology of the speeches. Thus analyzed, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Krostenko, Brian A. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Cicero, Marcus Tullius. > De lege agraria. De lege agraria (Cicero, Marcus Tullius) Rhetoric, Ancient. Rhétorique ancienne. Ancient. HISTORY. Ancient & Classical. LITERARY CRITICISM. Rhetoric, Ancient Literature: history & criticism. Literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
The Voices of the Consul
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Abbreviations
1. The Rhetoric and Politics of de lege agraria I &amp
II
2. Anxiety and Responsibility
3. Responsibility and Anxiety
4 Libertas and the Duty of Oversight
5. Commodum and the Fear of Exclusion
6. Ideologies of Identity: Cicero and Rullus
7. Images of Identity: Pompey, Rullus, and Cicero
8. Dignitas
9. Two Views of Capua and the ager Campanus
Appendix 1. Table of Major Divisions
Appendix 2. The Rhetorical Structure of the Treatments of Capua and the ager Campanus
Appendix 3. The Rhetorical Structure of the Treatment of the Placement of Colonies
Works Cited
Index.