The Bad Orator
Between Clumsy Delivery and Political Danger
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23404207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jakob Wisse (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 163-194 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Community and Communication (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199641895.003.0011 |
| OpenAlex | W4205679409 |
| ISBN | 9780199641895 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Our understanding of the role that oratory played in Roman society and politics and the criteria applied to measure an orator’s performance and career, is partly based on ‘positive’ material: contemporary opinions on good oratory, positive instructions in the rhetorical handbooks, portrayals of the ideal orator. This chapter demonstrates what a systematic examination of such negative views reveals about Roman oratorical practice and attitudes to oratory. The ‘bad orator’ emerges as a figure who can be criticised on both technical and moral grounds.
Aesthetics · Art · Ideal (ethics) · Literature · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |