Training of an Orator: Volume IV. Books 10-12

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: 0674991419
• ISBN13: 9780674991415
• Release Date: January 1922
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.5" x 6.7"