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Joan Booth
Cicero on the Attack
Invective and subversion in the orations and beyond

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Eight new essays, from a distinguished international cast, examine the techniques of Cicero’s verbal aggression. Analysis includes political and forensic context but also Cicero’s own formal theory of rhetoric and his debts to other genres, literary and dramatic.

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Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 220 ● ISBN 9781910589496 ● Redaktör Joan Booth ● Utgivare The Classical Press of Wales ● Publicerad 2007 ● Nedladdningsbara 3 gånger ● Valuta EUR ● ID 5507038 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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