Institutes of Oratory

Institutes of Oratory
Author: Quintilian
Publisher:
Total Pages: 730
Release: 2015-05-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9781500342661

This is the first single-volume English translation of the "Institutio Oratoria," a treatise on all stages of the orator's education that was written in Latin under the emperor Domitian (81-96 CE) by the Roman rhetorician and teacher Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, commonly known as Quintilian. In the course of twelve books Quintilian discusses the education of young children, rhetorical theory (including discussion of invention of arguments, arrangement, style, memory, and performance), literary criticism and history, gesture, rhythm, the ethics of persuasion, and much more. It is a treatise that has had a profound influence on education from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance and into the present day.This translation is based on that of the Rev. John Selby Watson, originally published in 1856 in two volumes and now in the public domain. For this edition the editors have updated Watson's widely admired and already very readable translation to reflect 21st century usage.Several other editions of Watson's translation of Quintilian's "Institutes" are available, but these are unrevised scans (often of low quality) of out-of-copyright editions and usually include only half the work, even if the title states "in twelve volumes" (this designation is copied from the title page to Watson's original edition in two volumes). This completely re-typeset edition is the only edition of Watson's translation to include Quintilian's complete text in one volume.

Institutio oratoria

Institutio oratoria
Author: Quintilian
Publisher:
Total Pages: 558
Release: 1977
Genre: Education
ISBN:

A twelve-volume textbook on the theory and practice of rhetoric

Quintilian on the Teaching of Speaking and Writing

Quintilian on the Teaching of Speaking and Writing
Author: James J. Murphy
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2015-12-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0809334410

Quintilian on the Teaching of Speaking and Writing, edited by James J. Murphy and Cleve Wiese, offers scholars and students insights into the pedagogies of Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (ca. 35–ca. 95 CE), one of Rome’s most famous teachers of rhetoric. Providing translations of three key sections from Quintilian’s important and influential Institutio oratoria (Education of the Orator), this volume outlines the systematic educational processes that Quintilian inherited from the Greeks, foregrounding his rationale for a rhetorical education on the interrelationship between reading, speaking, listening, and writing, and emphasizing the blending of moral purpose and artistic skill. Translated here, Books One, Two, and Ten of the Institutio oratoria offer the essence of Quintilian’s holistic rhetorical educational plan that ranges from early interplay between written and spoken language to later honing of facilitas, the readiness to use language in any situation. Along with these translations, this new edition of Quintilian on the Teaching of Speaking and Writing contains an expanded scholarly introduction with an enhanced theoretical and historical section, an expanded discussion of teaching methods, and a new analytic guide directing the reader to a closer examination of the translations themselves. A contemporary approach to one of the most influential educational works in the history of Western culture, Quintilian on the Teaching of Speaking and Writing provides access not only to translations of key sections of Quintilian’s educational program but also a robust contemporary framework for the training of humane and effective citizens through the teaching of speaking and writing.