The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature

By Andreas Serafim, Andreas N. Michalopoulos, Flaminia Beneventano Della Corte

This volume, comprising 24 essays, aims to contribute to a developing appreciation of the capacity of rhetoric to reinforce affiliation or disaffiliation to groups. To this end, the essays span a variety of ancient literary genres (i.e. oratory, historical and technical prose, drama and poetry) and themes (i.e. audience-speaker, laughter, emotions, language, gender, identity, and religion).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110609797
• ISBN13: 9783110609790
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 461 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary