Training of an Orator: Volume III. Books 7-9

by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus and Quintilian

Quintilian was born in Spain about A.D. 35; he became a well-known and prosperous teacher of rhetoric in Rome, probably the first to receive a salary as such from public funds. His Institutio Oratoria (Training of an Orator), a comprehensive training program in twelve books, draws on his own rich experience. Here Quintilian gives guidelines for proper schooling (beginning with the young boy); analyzes the structure of speeches and recommends devices...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674991400
• ISBN13: 9780674991408
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.7" x 6.7"