Portraying Cicero in Literature, Culture, and Politics

From Ancient to Modern Times

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Herausgegeben:Berno, Francesca RomanaLa Bua, Giuseppe

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487 Seiten

Englisch

De Gruytererschienen am07.03.2022

Cicero has played a pivotal role in shaping Western culture. His public persona, his self-portrait as model of Roman prose, philosopher, and statesman, has exerted a durable and profound impact on the educational system and the formation of the ruling class over the centuries. Joining up with recent studies on the reception of Cicero, this volume approaches the figure of Cicero from a biographical´, more than philological´, perspective and considers the multiple ways by which different ages reacted to Cicero and created their Ciceros´. From Cicero´s lifetime to our times, it focuses on how the image of Cicero was revisited and reworked by intellectuals and men of culture, who eulogized his outstanding oratorical and political virtues but, not rarely, questioned the role he had in Roman politics and society. An international group of scholars elaborates on the figure of Cicero, shedding fresh light on his reception in late antiquity, Humanism and Renaissance, Enlightenment and modern centuries. Historians, literary scholars and philosophers, as well as graduate students, will certainly profit from this volume, which contributes enormously to our understanding of the influence of Cicero on Western culture over the times.mehr

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KlappentextCicero has played a pivotal role in shaping Western culture. His public persona, his self-portrait as model of Roman prose, philosopher, and statesman, has exerted a durable and profound impact on the educational system and the formation of the ruling class over the centuries. Joining up with recent studies on the reception of Cicero, this volume approaches the figure of Cicero from a biographical´, more than philological´, perspective and considers the multiple ways by which different ages reacted to Cicero and created their Ciceros´. From Cicero´s lifetime to our times, it focuses on how the image of Cicero was revisited and reworked by intellectuals and men of culture, who eulogized his outstanding oratorical and political virtues but, not rarely, questioned the role he had in Roman politics and society. An international group of scholars elaborates on the figure of Cicero, shedding fresh light on his reception in late antiquity, Humanism and Renaissance, Enlightenment and modern centuries. Historians, literary scholars and philosophers, as well as graduate students, will certainly profit from this volume, which contributes enormously to our understanding of the influence of Cicero on Western culture over the times.

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ISBN/GTIN978-3-11-074842-0

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartGebunden

Verlag

De Gruyter

Erscheinungsjahr2022

Erscheinungsdatum07.03.2022

ReiheCICERO

Reihen-Nr.4

Seiten487 Seiten