Declamationes Sullanae Vol. 1Introductory Material, Declamations I and II |
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Author:
| Vives, Juan Luis |
Editor:
| George, Edward V. |
Series title: | Selected Works of Juan Luis Vives Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-90-04-08786-6 |
Publication Date: | Dec 1989 |
Publisher: | BRILL
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $83.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a critical, annotated, bilingual edition, with introduction, notes, and indices, of the first two of Vives' five dramatic speeches on the theme of the abdication of the late Roman Republican dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla. These speeches belong among Vives' experiments, in the years 1514-1523, with various imaginative genres, in which he was trying techniques of personal involvement of both himself and the reader in exploration of pressing issues, whether political, ethical,...
More DescriptionThis is a critical, annotated, bilingual edition, with introduction, notes, and indices, of the first two of Vives' five dramatic speeches on the theme of the abdication of the late Roman Republican dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla. These speeches belong among Vives' experiments, in the years 1514-1523, with various imaginative genres, in which he was trying techniques of personal involvement of both himself and the reader in exploration of pressing issues, whether political, ethical, or esthetic.The fundamental theme is the danger of ruling by fear. Sulla's two friends, Fundanus and Fonteius, counsel respectively against and for Sulla's retirement when Rome is full of vengeful survivors of his savage proscriptions.