Politeness and Politics in Cicero's Letters

Politeness and Politics in Cicero's Letters PDF Author: Jon C. R. Hall
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195329066
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Book Description
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.