The trial of Warren Hastings : classical oratory and reception in eighteenth-century England

1. Verfasser: Rolli, Chiara, , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London ; : New York :. Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Ausgabe: First edition.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (viii, 209 pages).
Also issued in printing.
Schriftenreihe: Library of classical studies
Schlagworte:
Burke, Edmund, > 1729-1797.
Hastings, Warren, > 1732-1818 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Hastings, Warren, > 1732-1818 > Impeachment.
Political oratory > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English language > 18th century > Rhetoric.
Rhetoric > England > History > 18th century.
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 - Cicero, Verres and the Classics in Eighteenth-Century Britain
  • 2 - A Clash of Characters
  • 3 - Classical Oratory and Theatricality in the Trial against Warren Hastings
  • 4 - Spectacles of Passion: Cicero's In Verrem and Burke's "Speech on the Opening of the Impeachment"
  • 5 - The Reception of the Hastings Trial in the Newspapers and Satirical Prints
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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