Politeness and Politics in Cicero's Letters

by Jon Hall

Politeness and Politics in Cicero's Letters presents a fresh examination of the letters exchanged between Cicero and correspondents, such as Pompey, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony during the final turbulent decades of the Roman Republic. Drawing upon sociolinguistic theories of politeness, it argues that formal relationships between powerful members of the elite were constrained by distinct conventions of courtesy and etiquette. By examining in detail...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195329066
• ISBN13: 9780195329063
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"