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Politeness and Politics in Cicero's Letters Book

Politeness and Politics in Cicero's Letters : Hardback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780195329063 : 0195329066 : 14 May 2009 : Politeness and Politics in Cicero's Letters presents a fresh examination of the letters exchanged between Cicero and correspondents, such as Pompey, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony during the final turbulent decades of the Roman Republic. Drawing upon sociolinguistic theories of politeness, it argues that formal relationships between powerful members of the elite were constrained by distinct conventions of courtesy and etiquette. By examining in detail these linguistic conventions of politeness, Jon...Read More

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  • Blackwell

    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...

  • 0195329066
  • 9780195329063
  • Jon Hall
  • 14 May 2009
  • OUP USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 288
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