Politeness and politics in Cicero's letters

Politeness and politics in Cicero's letters / Jon Hall.

This book 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, Jon (Jon C. R.), 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius > Correspondence.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius > Criticism and interpretation.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Letter writing, Classical.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Latin.
Letter writing, Classical
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Personal correspondence
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Table of Contents:
  • Doing aristocratic business : affiliative politeness and the politeness of respect
  • From polite fictions to hypocrisy
  • Redressive politeness : requests, refusals, and advice
  • Politeness in epistolary conflict
  • Politeness and political negotiation.

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