The Resource The trial of Warren Hastings : classical oratory and reception in eighteenth-century England, Chiara Rolli
The trial of Warren Hastings : classical oratory and reception in eighteenth-century England, Chiara Rolli
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- Summary
- "The impeachment trial of Warren Hastings dragged on for seven years from 1788 to 1795. Hastings was the first Governor-General of India and his trial had a formative impact on the British Empire. Chiara Rolli shows that in an age when British education consisted mainly of classical studies, it was antique views of rhetoric, colonialism and good imperial governance that permeated the trial. Prosecutor Edmund Burke was figured as a modern-day Cicero fighting corruption in the colonies, while Hastings was Verres, a corrupt first century Roman praetor of Sicily. In their prosecution, both Burke and Richard Sheridan employed certain coups de théâtre - such as fainting for emphasis - advised by Cicero and the later Roman rhetorician Quintilian, whose style of spectacular justice played particularly well amid the eighteenth-century vogue for sentimental drama. Burke's defence of natural rights and passion for extirpating vice in the colonies similarly reflected an admiration for Cicero, just as Hastings' preference to rule the conquered by means of their own traditions recalled models of Roman provincial administration. Using contemporary journalism, satire and other ephemera, the book reconstructs the public's equally profound grasp of these parallels. It illuminates new aspects of early British discourse around the Empire, and shows how deeply classical precedents influenced the cultural and political imaginations of eighteenth-century Britain"--
- Language
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 209 pages
- Note
- Revision and translation of author's thesis (doctoral)--Università di Parma, 2012, titled Tullius Indianus : Edmund Burke, Cicerone e la romanità nel processo a Warren Hastings
- Contents
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- Cicero, Verres and the classics in eighteenth-century Britain
- A clash of characters
- Classical oratory and theatricality in the trial against Warren Hastings
- Spectacles of passion : Cicero's In Verrem and Burke's "Speech on the opening of the impeachment"
- The reception of the Hastings trial in the newspapers and satirical prints
- Isbn
- 9781784539221
- Label
- The trial of Warren Hastings : classical oratory and reception in eighteenth-century England
- Title
- The trial of Warren Hastings
- Title remainder
- classical oratory and reception in eighteenth-century England
- Statement of responsibility
- Chiara Rolli
- Subject
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- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- England
- England
- English language -- 18th century -- Rhetoric
- English language -- Rhetoric
- English language -- Rhetoric
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 -- Impeachment
- History
- History
- Impeachments
- Impeachments
- Political oratory
- Political oratory
- Political oratory -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Rhetoric
- Rhetoric
- Rhetoric -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Trials
- Trials
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- 1700-1799
- Language
-
- eng
- ita
- eng
- Summary
- "The impeachment trial of Warren Hastings dragged on for seven years from 1788 to 1795. Hastings was the first Governor-General of India and his trial had a formative impact on the British Empire. Chiara Rolli shows that in an age when British education consisted mainly of classical studies, it was antique views of rhetoric, colonialism and good imperial governance that permeated the trial. Prosecutor Edmund Burke was figured as a modern-day Cicero fighting corruption in the colonies, while Hastings was Verres, a corrupt first century Roman praetor of Sicily. In their prosecution, both Burke and Richard Sheridan employed certain coups de théâtre - such as fainting for emphasis - advised by Cicero and the later Roman rhetorician Quintilian, whose style of spectacular justice played particularly well amid the eighteenth-century vogue for sentimental drama. Burke's defence of natural rights and passion for extirpating vice in the colonies similarly reflected an admiration for Cicero, just as Hastings' preference to rule the conquered by means of their own traditions recalled models of Roman provincial administration. Using contemporary journalism, satire and other ephemera, the book reconstructs the public's equally profound grasp of these parallels. It illuminates new aspects of early British discourse around the Empire, and shows how deeply classical precedents influenced the cultural and political imaginations of eighteenth-century Britain"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rolli, Chiara
- Dewey number
- 825/.609
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR3334.B4
- LC item number
- Z8713 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Burke, Edmund
- Hastings, Warren
- Hastings, Warren
- Political oratory
- English language
- Rhetoric
- Burke, Edmund
- Hastings, Warren
- English language
- Impeachments
- Political oratory
- Rhetoric
- Trials
- England
- Great Britain
- Label
- The trial of Warren Hastings : classical oratory and reception in eighteenth-century England, Chiara Rolli
- Note
- Revision and translation of author's thesis (doctoral)--Università di Parma, 2012, titled Tullius Indianus : Edmund Burke, Cicerone e la romanità nel processo a Warren Hastings
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cicero, Verres and the classics in eighteenth-century Britain -- A clash of characters -- Classical oratory and theatricality in the trial against Warren Hastings -- Spectacles of passion : Cicero's In Verrem and Burke's "Speech on the opening of the impeachment" -- The reception of the Hastings trial in the newspapers and satirical prints
- Control code
- 1083691321
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 209 pages
- Isbn
- 9781784539221
- Lccn
- 2018053306
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1083691321
- Label
- The trial of Warren Hastings : classical oratory and reception in eighteenth-century England, Chiara Rolli
- Note
- Revision and translation of author's thesis (doctoral)--Università di Parma, 2012, titled Tullius Indianus : Edmund Burke, Cicerone e la romanità nel processo a Warren Hastings
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cicero, Verres and the classics in eighteenth-century Britain -- A clash of characters -- Classical oratory and theatricality in the trial against Warren Hastings -- Spectacles of passion : Cicero's In Verrem and Burke's "Speech on the opening of the impeachment" -- The reception of the Hastings trial in the newspapers and satirical prints
- Control code
- 1083691321
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 209 pages
- Isbn
- 9781784539221
- Lccn
- 2018053306
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1083691321
Subject
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- England
- England
- English language -- 18th century -- Rhetoric
- English language -- Rhetoric
- English language -- Rhetoric
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 -- Impeachment
- History
- History
- Impeachments
- Impeachments
- Political oratory
- Political oratory
- Political oratory -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Rhetoric
- Rhetoric
- Rhetoric -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Trials
- Trials
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- 1700-1799
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