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Overview"Charm, wit, and style were critical, but dangerous, ingredients in the social repertoire of the Roman elite. Their use drew special attention, but also exposed one to potential ridicule or rejection for valuing style over substance. Brian A. Krostenko explores the complexities and ambiguities of charm, wit, and style in Roman literature of the late Republic by tracking the origins, development, and use of the terms that described them, which he calls ""the language of social performance."" As Krostenko demonstrates, a key feature of this language is its capacity to express both approval and disdain—an artifact of its origins at a time when the ""style"" and ""charm"" of imported Greek cultural practices were greeted with both enthusiasm and hostility. Cicero played on that ambiguity, for example, by chastising lepidus (""fine"") boys in the ""Second Oration against Catiline"" as degenerates, then arguing in his De Oratore that the successful speaker must have a certain charming lepos (""wit""). Catullus, in turn, exploited and inverted the political subtexts of this language for innovative poetic and erotic idioms." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brian A. KrostenkoPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Edition: 2nd ed. Dimensions: Width: 1.70cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.30cm Weight: 0.539kg ISBN: 9780226454443ISBN 10: 0226454444 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 15 April 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationBrian A. Krostenko is an assistant professor of classics at the University of Chicago. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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