Description: Reading Quintilian analyses how didactic authority is created in Quintilian's Institutio oratoria. Laura Loporcaro argues that the implementation in the Institutio of the same rhetorical strategies it describes, indicates that the work is not a mere accumulation of facts, but an artfully crafted whole.
Review Quotes: "Reading Quintilian is well-researched, rewarding and provocative. ...The book is studded with analysis of Quintilian's artful prose and repeatedly demonstrates how he puts his own advice into practice. ...Overall, I am confident that readers will agree that Loporcaro has succeeded in demonstrating that reading Quintilian linearly and carefully is a worthwhile endeavor." -- Benjamin A. Jerue, Bryn Mawr Classical Review