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"Makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of Valerius within the cultural and social conditions in which he lived. . . . All readers will profit from Bloomer's book, and we should eagerly look forward to his further insights into Roman literature."--"AJP"
"An important book. Bloomer for the first time in English places Valerius Maximus in his cultural, literary, and educational milieu."--T. James Luce, Jr., Princeton University
"In this sympathetic, lucid re-evaluation, Bloomer gives meaning and significance to the work of a Roman author once popular, but long forgotten. The literature, rhetoric, and history of the Late Republic and Early Empire are all illuminated by it."--Richard J. A. Talbert, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility
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University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1992
ISBN 10: 0715624377
ISBN 13: 9780715624371
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. As New in all respects, clean and unmarked. A beautiful copy looks to be unread / unopened. First printing, full number line. "In this sympathetic, lucid re-evaluation, Bloomer gives meaning and significance to the work of a Roman author once popular, but long forgotten. The literature, rhetoric, and history of the Late Republic and Early Empire are all illuminated by it."--Richard J. A. Talbert, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillA Professor of Classics at the University of Notre Dame's Medieval Institute, Professor Bloomers research interests focus on Roman literature, ancient rhetoric, and the history of education. His books include Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility, Latinity and Literary Society at Rome, and The School of Rome: Latin Studies and the Origins of Liberal Education.Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! Seller Inventory # 2004227
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Valerius Maximus & the rhetoric of the new nobility / W. Martin Bloomer
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Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 0715624377
ISBN 13: 9780715624371
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 287 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Audience and design -- The proem and Valerius' audience -- The organization of the collection -- The process of arrangement -- Part III: Sources and reading -- Reading, writing, and "originality," -- Margins of reading: the individual sources -- Conclusions -- Valerian historiography: the case of the civil wars -- Valerius' explicit judgments -- Valerian overviews -- Chapters of civil strife -- Part V: The fallen restored and the republic's restorers -- The opponents of Julius Caesar -- The caesars -- Part VI: Valerian rhetoric and ideology -- Diction -- Word order -- Phrasing and colometry -- Figuration. Subjects; Valerius Maximus. Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX. Didactic literature, Latin History and criticism. Authors and readers Rome. Rhetoric, Ancient. Nobility Rome. Orators Rome ; Biography. Historiography. Tiberius. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 388396
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Valerius Maximus & the rhetoric of the new nobility / W. Martin Bloomer
Published by
Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 0715624377
ISBN 13: 9780715624371
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 287 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Audience and design -- The proem and Valerius' audience -- The organization of the collection -- The process of arrangement -- Part III: Sources and reading -- Reading, writing, and "originality," -- Margins of reading: the individual sources -- Conclusions -- Valerian historiography: the case of the civil wars -- Valerius' explicit judgments -- Valerian overviews -- Chapters of civil strife -- Part V: The fallen restored and the republic's restorers -- The opponents of Julius Caesar -- The caesars -- Part VI: Valerian rhetoric and ideology -- Diction -- Word order -- Phrasing and colometry -- Figuration. Subjects; Valerius Maximus. Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX. Didactic literature, Latin History and criticism. Authors and readers Rome. Rhetoric, Ancient. Nobility Rome. Orators Rome ; Biography. Historiography. Tiberius. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 388396