Declamation, Paternity, and Roman Identity Authority and the Rhetorical Self

Eric Gunderson

ISBN 10: 0521036526 / ISBN 13: 9780521036528

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Declamation, Paternity, and Roman Identity Authority and the Rhetorical Self
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521036526
• ISBN 13: 9780521036528
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Declamation was a staple of education and cultured literary life in the Roman world over many centuries. This book offers a radical re-evaluation of the genre, its social importance, and its role in the history of the Western self. Ironically, this genre obsessed with "growing up" has been rejected by its own posterity. Erik Gunderson explores the social and psychic dynamics of this refusal within the ancient world as well as beyond. The book is of interest to specialists in classics, rhetoric, queer studies, and psychoanalytic literary criticism.

About the Author

Erik Gunderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Greek and Latin at the Ohio State University. He is the author of Staging Masculinity: The Rhetoric of Performance in the Roman World (2000; ISBN 0472111396).