Art, literature, thought with michael silk and rosemary barrow wileyblackwell, 2014. This is a terrific url for creative and humorous wedding speeches and best man speeches and toasts. Eloquence 2015 poetry collection the america library of poetry on. Ciceronian oratory and the idea of civilization in heart of.
Ingo gildenhard is a scholar who does not shy away from tackling large, compli cated questions. Ingo gildenhard is reader in classics and the classical tradition at cambridge university, and a fellow of kings college cambridge. With a disarmingly simple thesis about what spoken language contributes to writing, vernacular eloquence makes major contributions to theory and to practice. The construction of reality in ciceros speeches 9780199291557. If you can live with a small mark on the edge for a 50% to 90% discount, then you have found a great deal. The chapter begins by setting out the terms of traditional aristocratic immortality in rome, which consisted in the acquisition of praise laus and glory gloria during life and the survival in the memory of the family and the larger civic community after death. The construction of reality in ciceros speeches hardcover. The classical solution to the problem of public integrity. In this flood of ciceronian studies, ingo gildenhard s creative eloquence represents a distinctly new stream.
Ciceroas natural right teaching in mably and burke. Quoted from post redditum in senatu in cicero, the speeches, with an english translation, trans n h watts, vol xi of the loeb cicero cambridge, ma. It manifests itself in striking and original views on human beings and being human, politics, society and culture, and the sphere of the supernatural. This book is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercial. Provides a fresh assessment of ciceros oratory, especially of its philosophical dimension. The publisher put a red line on the edge of the book see photo identifying it as a bargain book that can no longer be returned to the publisher for credit.
Nov 07, 20 the elements of eloquence is an interesting read and provides a valuable insight into the english language. Gildenhards book is ambitious, detailed, and impressively learned, not. Already the author of an innovative study of ciceros tusculan. Ingo gildenhard is reader in classics and the classical tradition at cambridge university, and a fellow of kings college, cambridge. Open book publishers, 2011, produced with the kind cooperation of open book publishers and professor gildenhard. Gildenhards formidable control of the ciceronian corpus, his sharp analyses of passages and concepts, his impressive knowledge of the secondary literature, and his general willingness not shared by some other recent critics to recognize ciceros own intellectual range and talents make creative eloquence necessary reading for any student.
It informs unconventional constructions of realities at the level of the human being and the human condition, politics, society and culture, and the sphere of the supernatural. Eloquence is not beauty, it is persuasive power and clarity. Investigates ciceros conceptual creativity within the wider context of the political culture of the late roman republic. Ingo gildenhard author of cicero, against verres, 2. Preface and acknowledgements dickinson college commentaries.
This novel approach pivots away from conventional treatments of the speeches. Another strength of the book is that it invites discussion and one does not have to agree with all the analysis or conclusions to benefit from this extravaganza of ideas. This little volume has its origins in a coincidence. Explore books by ingo gildenhard with our selection at.
The construction of reality in ciceros speeches oxford, 2011. Mar 31, 2019 this is a terrific url for creative and humorous wedding speeches and best man speeches and toasts. Provides a fresh assessment of ciceros oratory, especially of its. Creative critisism is the combination of creative and critisism, which means that creative critisism could only mean a criticising comment that was creative or unique. It is form serving function, but the function is still more important than the form.
Brogitaros and the pessinusaffair some considerations on the galatian background of ciceros lampoon against clodius in 56 bc harusp. In this innovative study of ciceros orations, ingo gildenhard argues that a distinctive hallmark of his oratory is a conceptual creativity that one may loosely characterize as philosophical. This book argues that a distinctive hallmark of ciceros oratory is a conceptual. Bodily functions, sexual activity, bloodshed, death any of these could cause disaster if brought into contact with religion. On eloquence questions the common assumption that eloquence is merely a subse. Conceived as ciceros response to a verbal attack from antony. The construction of reality in ciceros speeches oxford, 2011, which involved some close analysis of ciceros orations against verres, when i was asked to give a lecture on how best to teach a new settext that the examination board of oxford, cambridge, and the royal society of arts ocr. This book argues that a distinctive hallmark of ciceros oratory is a conceptual creativity that one may loosely characterize as. Abstract a study of the orations of the roman statesman cicero. Preface and acknowledgements this site represents a version of ingo gildenhards book, cicero, against verres, 2. Creative eloquence the construction of reality in ciceros speeches ingo gildenhard. Gildenhards book is ambitious, detailed, and impressively learned, not just in ciceronian material but in a wide array of secondary literature in both roman studies and modern social theory.
Ciceros tusculan disputations cambridge, 2007 and creative eloquence. Creative eloquence by ingo gildenhard creative eloquence. Creative eloquence ingo gildenhard oxford university press. A dead boy pallas and the death of a girl camilla loom over the opening and the closing part of the eleventh book of the aeneid. Ingo gildenhards most popular book is cicero, against verres, 2.
To write something eloquent you must truly think about it and come to understand it in a way that, when put into words, has an intended effect on those who hear it. Historical masterpieces, american by thorndike, ashley h. Pro marco caelio is perhaps ciceros bestloved speech and has long been regarded as one. Cicero project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. The introduction sets out the main thesis of the book, i. The construction of reality in ciceros speeches, by ingo gildenhard. It displays and employs a range of ideas about human nature, society, and the divine. The book is eloquent and well structured, which helps the reader to get through the rich material and aids further thinking on both individual elements and the entire project. Book description pollution could come from any number of sources in the roman world. Ingo specializes in latin literature with a special emphasis on cicero, virgil, and ovid.
This book argues that a distinctive hallmark of ciceros oratory is a conceptual creativity that one may loosely characterize as philosophical. In the tumultuous aftermath of caesars death, cicero and mark antony found themselves on opposing sides of an increasingly bitter and dangerous battle for control. Sep 03, 2014 ingo gildenhard is reader in classics and the classical tradition at cambridge university, and a fellow of kings college cambridge. Jan 01, 2015 eloquence 2015 poetry collection the america library of poetry on. The elements of eloquence is an interesting read and provides a valuable insight into the english language.
Mark forsyth makes this book a joy to read and adds a great deal of humour that make this book a real page turner. A range of case studies show how this creativity manifests itself in striking and original views on human beings and being human, politics, society, and culture, and the sphere of the supernatural. As a literary artefact, the speech gives us insight into how the supreme master of latin eloquence developed what we would now call rhetorical spin. Following the savage slaughter in aeneid 10, the book opens in a mournful mood as the warring parties revisit yesterdays killing fields to attend to their dead. An introduction to the ecology of written language what a wonderful, enticing book. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. He has also published another textbook with open book publishers, virgil, aeneid, 4.
Instead of culling from cicero historical realities, gildenhard. Ingo gildenhard does not treat them simply as models of eloquence, as previous critics have done, but as repositories for ciceros most profound thinking on such perennial questions as the ethics of happiness, the notion of conscience, and the problem of divine justice. His previous publications include the monographs paideia romana. This particular passage is from the second book of ciceros speeches.