Catullus, Cicero, and a society of patrons : the generation of the text

This is a study of the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly 'late Republican' socio-textual culture as recorded in the writings of this period's two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. It reveals a multi-faceted textual - rather than more traditionally-defined 'literary' - world that both defines the intellectual life of the late Republic, and lays the foundations for those authors of the Principate and Empire who identified this period as their literary source and inspiration. By first questioning, and then rejecting, the traditional polarisation of Catullus and Cicero, and by broadening the scope of late Republican socio-literary studies to include intersections of language, social practice, and textual materiality, this book presents a fresh picture of both the socio-textual world of the late Republic and the primary authors through whom this world would gain renown. Half-title......Page 3 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 Contents......Page 9 Preface and acknowledgments......Page 11 Abbreviations......Page 15 THE PROBLEM WITH THE LATE REPUBLIC......Page 17 Not about......Page 23 Book trade......Page 28 Everyone who wrote......Page 29 About......Page 32 HOW A “SOCIETY OF PATRONS”? METHODOLOGY AND SCOPE......Page 36 PART I: How to write about writing: Intersections of terminology and social code: when, what, and where......Page 49 THE SOCIOECONOMIC ORIGINS OF LITERARY LEISURE......Page 53 LEISURE IN THE FORUM......Page 58 LEISURE IN THE TEXT......Page 69 THE IMPERIAL NACHLEBEN OF OTIUM......Page 79 THE POETICS OF RECIPROCAL OBLIGATION......Page 82 THE GIFT THAT SINGULARIZES......Page 88 FROM GIFT-EXCHANGE TO DEBT-EXCHANGE......Page 109 THE IMPERIAL NACHLEBEN OF MUNUS......Page 113 CHAPTER 3 Where? Libellus: polished and published......Page 117 PART II: The textualization of display: Intersections of rhetoric and social practice (1): from display to text......Page 127 “THE GAZE CRAMPS MY FREEDOM”......Page 133 FROM THEIR EYES TO THEIR HANDS: SHIFTING THE AUTHORITY OF DISCOURSE......Page 139 NON TAM UENDIBILIS: A LEXICAL CRITIQUE OF POPULARITY......Page 147 TIROCINIUM FORI AND THE MAKING OF MEN......Page 157 “I NEVER LEFT HIS SIDE”: DE ORATORE AND THE EROTICS OF HOMOSOCIAL EXCHANGE......Page 160 FROM CURIA TO CONVIVIA: NATURALIZING THE TEXTUALIZATION OF DISPLAY......Page 171 CICERO’S PAPER FORUM: THE WRITTEN COMPONENT OF ORATORICAL RENOWN......Page 177 OBLIGED TO SPEAK: WHY AN ORATOR CAN’T HELP HIMSELF......Page 184 OBLIGED TO WRITE: MAKING THE OFFER THAT CAN’T BE REFUSED......Page 192 OBLIGED TO TWO WORLDS AT ONCE: DOUBLE DEDICATION IN CICERO AND CATULLUS 65......Page 207 PART III: The materialization of the text: Intersections of rhetoric and social practice (2): The dedicated text as “acting object”......Page 223 MORE THAN JUST TEXTS: FETISH AS “ACTING OBJECT”......Page 232 THE POEM AS CONTRACT, ASSAULT, AND PAYOFF: CC. 1, 16, 49, 68b......Page 235 HOC POEMA FECI – EROTIC STAND-IN AND EROTIC PRODUCT: C. 50......Page 245 HOWLING HENDECASYLLABI AND OTHER MATERIAL MOMENTS: CC. 35, 36, 42, 66......Page 250 CICERO, WRITE SOMETHING......Page 253 WHY PERSONIFY?......Page 258 WHEN SPEECH FELL SILENT (AND PICKED UP A PEN)......Page 267 FROM GREECE TO ROME FROM FORUM TO HOME......Page 272 SPEAKING VOLUMES: THE DEDICATED DIALOGUE AS CONFORMATIO......Page 281 Epilogue......Page 285 APPENDIX: What “Society of Patrons”? A prosopography of the players......Page 290 PRIMARY EDITIONS CONSULTED......Page 307 MODERN SOURCES......Page 308 Index locorum......Page 320 Index rerum et nominum......Page 322 "This is a study of the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly "late Republican" sociotextual culture as recorded in the writings of this period's two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. It reveals a multi-faceted textual - rather than more traditionally defined "literary"--World that both defines the intellectual life of the late Republic and lays the foundations for those authors of the Principate and Empire who identified this period as their literary source and inspiration. By first questioning, and then rejecting, the traditional polarization ofCatullus and Cicero, and by broadening the scope of late Republican socioliterary studies to include intersections of language, social practice, and textual materiality, this book presents a fresh picture of both the sociotextual world of the late Republic and the primary authors through whom this world would gain renown"-- Provided by publisher "This is a study of the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly "late Republican" sociotextual culture as recorded in the writings of this period's two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. It reveals a multi-faceted textual - rather than more traditionally defined "literary"--World that both defines the intellectual life of the late Republic and lays the foundations for those authors of the Principate and Empire who identified this period as their literary source and inspiration. By first questioning, and then rejecting, the traditional polarization ofCatullus and Cicero, and by broadening the scope of late Republican socioliterary studies to include intersections of language, social practice, and textual materiality, this book presents a fresh picture of both the sociotextual world of the late Republic and the primary authors through whom this world would gain renown"-- Résumé de l'éditeur This is a study of the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly 'late Republican' socio-textual culture as recorded in the writings of this period's two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. It reveals a multi-faceted textual - rather than more traditionally defined 'literary' - world that both defines the intellectual life of the late Republic, and lays the foundations for those authors of the Principate and Empire who identified this period as their literary source and inspiration. By first questioning, and then rejecting, the traditional polarisation of Catullus and Cicero, and by broadening the scope of late Republican socio-literary studies to include intersections of language, social practice, and textual materiality, this book presents a fresh picture of both the socio-textual world of the late Republic and the primary authors through whom this world would gain renown. "This is a study of the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly "late Republican" sociotextual culture as recorded in the writings of this period's two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. It reveals a multi-faceted textual - rather than more traditionally defined "literary" - world that both defines the intellectual life of the late Republic and lays the foundations for those authors of the Principate and Empire who identified this period as their literary source and inspiration. By first questioning, and then rejecting, the traditional polarization ofCatullus and Cicero, and by broadening the scope of late Republican socioliterary studies to include intersections of language, social practice, and textual materiality, this book presents a fresh picture of both the sociotextual world of the late Republic and the primary authors through whom this world would gain renown"-- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. How to Write about Writing: 1. When? Otium as 'time to write'; 2. What? Munus as the 'gift of duty'; 3. Where? Libellus: polished and published; Part II. The Textualization of Display: 4. The problem with liberal performance; 5. From public display to textual display; 6. The poetics of literary obligation; Part III. The Materialization of the Text: 7. An object of Catullan affection; 8. Brutus: the dialogic personification of the Republican voice; Epilogue; Appendix: what 'society of patrons?' A prosopography of the players. This book studies the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly 'late Republican' socio-textual culture as recorded in the writings of this period's two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. This laid the foundations for those authors of the Principate and Empire who identified this period as their literary source and inspiration.