Politeness and politics in Cicero's letters

This is a fresh examination of the letters exchanged between Cicero and his correspondents, during the final decades of the Roman Republic. Drawing upon sociolinguistic theories of politeness, it explores the distinctive conventions of epistolary courtesy that shaped formal interaction among men of...

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Main Author: Hall, Jon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2009, 2009
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This is a fresh examination of the letters exchanged between Cicero and his correspondents, during the final decades of the Roman Republic. Drawing upon sociolinguistic theories of politeness, it explores the distinctive conventions of epistolary courtesy that shaped formal interaction among men of the Roman elite
Physical Description:xi, 275 p.
ISBN:9780199870233