Joanna Kenty
Biographic Data
| ID | 5638280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanna Kenty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Kenty |
| SIGNATURE | KENTY J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Boy Toys: A Ciceronian Invective Trope
Joanna Kenty explores a heteronormative trope of Roman political rhetoric which reflects a toxic understanding of power as not only masculine, but also as sexually dominant. In his orations, such as the Verrines , Philippics , and Pro Caelio , Cicero often attacks political opponents for being sexually in thrall to another man or a woman. Cicero’s sense of political virtue is strongly associated with a narrow sense of virility as domination over …
Boy Toys: A Ciceronian Invective Trope
Divided Audience and Figured Speech in Cicero's Pro Balbo
Ancient rhetorical theorists described figured speech (oratio figurata) as a strategy for expressing criticism safely, through a screen of ambiguity. I argue that Cicero's Pro Balbo can be read as figured, communicating criticism of Pompey. Cicero's panegyric to Pompey in this speech would have appeared to be factually accurate and commendable to pro-Pompeian members of the audience, but factually wrong or even insincere to anti-Pompeians. Multip…
Cicero's Political Personae
Cicero's speeches provide a fascinating window into the political battles and crises of his time. In this book, Joanna Kenty examines Cicero's persuasive strategies and the subtleties of his Latin prose, and shows how he used eight political personae – the attacker, the grateful friend, the martyr, the senator, the partisan ideologue, and others – to maximize his political leverage in the latter half of his career. These personae were what made h…
Cicero’s Representation of an Oral Community in De Oratore
Messalla Corvinus: Augustan Orator, Ciceronian Statesman
Messalla Corvinus, celebrated as one of the greatest orators of the generation after Cicero, offers an ideal case study for political life in the triumviral period and early principate. His distinctive style is reminiscent of what Cicero described as the middle style, exemplified by Marcus Calidius and Cicero’s Pro Lege Manilla and Pro Marcello. This style complemented his mild, accomodationist political persona, evident especially in his support…
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Cicero’s Representation of an Oral Community in De Oratore
Messalla Corvinus: Augustan Orator, Ciceronian Statesman
Messalla Corvinus, celebrated as one of the greatest orators of the generation after Cicero, offers an ideal case study for political life in the triumviral period and early principate. His distinctive style is reminiscent of what Cicero described as the middle style, exemplified by Marcus Calidius and Cicero’s Pro Lege Manilla and Pro Marcello. This style complemented his mild, accomodationist political persona, evident especially in his support…
Cicero's Political Personae
Cicero's speeches provide a fascinating window into the political battles and crises of his time. In this book, Joanna Kenty examines Cicero's persuasive strategies and the subtleties of his Latin prose, and shows how he used eight political personae – the attacker, the grateful friend, the martyr, the senator, the partisan ideologue, and others – to maximize his political leverage in the latter half of his career. These personae were what made h…
Divided Audience and Figured Speech in Cicero's Pro Balbo
Ancient rhetorical theorists described figured speech (oratio figurata) as a strategy for expressing criticism safely, through a screen of ambiguity. I argue that Cicero's Pro Balbo can be read as figured, communicating criticism of Pompey. Cicero's panegyric to Pompey in this speech would have appeared to be factually accurate and commendable to pro-Pompeian members of the audience, but factually wrong or even insincere to anti-Pompeians. Multip…
Boy Toys: A Ciceronian Invective Trope
Joanna Kenty explores a heteronormative trope of Roman political rhetoric which reflects a toxic understanding of power as not only masculine, but also as sexually dominant. In his orations, such as the Verrines , Philippics , and Pro Caelio , Cicero often attacks political opponents for being sexually in thrall to another man or a woman. Cicero’s sense of political virtue is strongly associated with a narrow sense of virility as domination over …
Boy Toys: A Ciceronian Invective Trope
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