Author: Baertschi, Annette M.
Title: Cicero, Lucan, and rhetorical role-play in Bellum civile 7
Review/Collection: In: Laura Zientek & Mark Thorne (éds.), Lucan’s Imperial World: The “Bellum civile” in its Contemporary Contexts (Bloomsbury Classical Studies Monographs), London & New York, Bloomsbury, 2020, XII–256 p.
Year edition: 2020
Pages: 51–70
Keywords: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Description: The chapter argues that Cicero’s harangue before Pharsalus in Bellum civile 7, though historically fictitious, is best read as deliberate rhetorical role-play grounded in imperial-period declamatory culture; educated audiences would have recognized it as such, so the scene is not an attempt at “alternative facts” but an exploration of historical impersonation and its narrative function within Lucan’s poem.[Baertschi]
Link: https://www.academia.edu/74292526/Cicero_Lucan_and_Rhetorical_Role_Play_in_Bellum_civile_7_in_Lucan_s_Imperial_World_The_Bellum_civile_in_Its_Contemporary_Contexts_ed_L_Zientek_and_Mark_Thorne_London_Bloomsbury_2019_51_70
Author initials: Baertschi 2020
Title: Cicero, Lucan, and rhetorical role-play in Bellum civile 7
Review/Collection: In: Laura Zientek & Mark Thorne (éds.), Lucan’s Imperial World: The “Bellum civile” in its Contemporary Contexts (Bloomsbury Classical Studies Monographs), London & New York, Bloomsbury, 2020, XII–256 p.
Year edition: 2020
Pages: 51–70
Keywords: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Description: The chapter argues that Cicero’s harangue before Pharsalus in Bellum civile 7, though historically fictitious, is best read as deliberate rhetorical role-play grounded in imperial-period declamatory culture; educated audiences would have recognized it as such, so the scene is not an attempt at “alternative facts” but an exploration of historical impersonation and its narrative function within Lucan’s poem.[Baertschi]
Link: https://www.academia.edu/74292526/Cicero_Lucan_and_Rhetorical_Role_Play_in_Bellum_civile_7_in_Lucan_s_Imperial_World_The_Bellum_civile_in_Its_Contemporary_Contexts_ed_L_Zientek_and_Mark_Thorne_London_Bloomsbury_2019_51_70
Author initials: Baertschi 2020
