Towards a Theory of Vivid Description as Practiced in Cicero's Verrine Oration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9375977 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beth Innocenti (0000-0002-5051-8735, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 355-381 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rhetorica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-8584 • E-ISSN: 1533-8541 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rh.1994.12.4.355 |
| OpenAlex | W2154713036 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 1 |
Ancient Roman rhetoricians do not offer a systematic theory of vivid description in their rhetorical treatises, perhaps because it was treated at the early stages of a student's education and because it may be produced in various ways to achieve various purposes. After examining the references to vivid description scattered throughout ancient rhetorical treatises in discussions of style, amplification, narration, and proof, as well as Cicero's use of the tectinique in the Verrine orations, I suggest precepts which may have guided the means by and ends for which vivid descriptions are produced
Art · Cicero · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Style (visual arts · Classical Antiquity Studies · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |