TY - BOOK ID - 6657749 TI - Representations AU - Vasaly, Ann AU - California Digital Library. PY - 1993 SN - 0585153752 0520916719 9780520916715 9780585153759 9780520077553 0520077555 0520077555 0520201787 PB - Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin KW - Mimesis in literature. KW - Oratory, Ancient. KW - History and criticism. KW - Cicero, Marcus Tullius. KW - Rome KW - In literature. KW - Representation (Literature) KW - Imitation in literature KW - Realism in literature KW - Mimesis in literature KW - Oratory, Ancient KW - History and criticism KW - Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin - History and criticism. KW - ambiance. KW - ancient literature. KW - ancient perspectives. KW - cicero. KW - ciceronian oratory. KW - ciceronian persuasion. KW - ciceronian studies. KW - classical literature. KW - classical studies. KW - ethnic. KW - ethos and locus. KW - in catilinam. KW - literary theory. KW - meaning of things. KW - milieu. KW - monuments. KW - oral communication. KW - oratory. KW - performance art. KW - persuade. KW - persuasion. KW - physical world. KW - places. KW - political structures. KW - public presentation. KW - raw material. KW - representation theory. KW - rhetoric. KW - signa. KW - social structures. KW - topographical structures. KW - topography. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6657749 AB - Ann Vasaly introduces representation theory into the study of Ciceronian persuasion and contends that an understanding of milieu--social, political, topographical--is crucial to understanding Ciceronian oratory. As a genre uniquely dependent on an immediate interaction between author and audience, ancient oratory becomes performance art. Vasaly investigates the way Cicero represented the contemporary physical world--places, topography, and monuments, both those seen and those merely mentioned--to his listeners and demonstrates how he used these representations to persuade. Her exceptionally well-written study deftly recaptures the immediacy of Cicero's oratory and makes a trenchant contribution to an important new area of inquiry in Classical Studies. ER -