Practice Of Imitation Research Articles

Versions of Imitation in the Renaissance

From Petrarch's sonnets to Milton's epics a major characteristic of Renaissance literature is the imitation of earlier texts, and the Renaissance contains a vast and perplexing array of writings on the theory and practice of imitation. Although these writings often exhaust themselves in vindictive and ferocious ad hominem polemics—one need only recall Julius Caesar Scaliger's Orationes against Erasmus—and dwell at length on what now appears to many a sterile and fruitless debate over whether or not Cicero should be the only model for Latin prose, these treatises on imitation can offer considerable guidance for the interpretation of Renaissance literature. The theories of imitation help structure one's expectations as to the types of relations between text and model which one is likely to find, although they also amount to a strong warning against the difficulties of discovering and analyzing these relations.

Imitation and Evolution: The Discussion of Rhetorical Imitation in Cicero De Oratore 2. 87-97 and Some Related Problems of Ciceronian Theory

Previous articleNext article No AccessImitation and Evolution: The Discussion of Rhetorical Imitation in Cicero De Oratore 2. 87-97 and Some Related Problems of Ciceronian TheoryElaine FanthamElaine Fantham Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Classical Philology Volume 73, Number 1Jan., 1978 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/366388 Views: 447Total views on this site Citations: 12Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1978 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Jamey E. Graham Mimesis, Economy, and Civilization in Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, Modern Philology 116, no.11 (Jul 2018): 20–44.https://doi.org/10.1086/697600 Bibliography, (Nov 2011): 529–564.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444354188.biblioSteven H. Rutledge Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus, (Nov 2011): 62–83.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444354188.ch4Charles Guérin La persona oratoire entre rhétorique, biographie et histoire, Interférences , no.55 (Jan 2009).https://doi.org/10.4000/interferences.897John Muckelbauer Imitation and Invention in Antiquity: An Historical-Theoretical Revision, Rhetorica 21, no.22 (May 2003): 61–88.https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.2003.21.2.61Elaine Fantham The Concept of Nature and Human Nature in Quintilian's Psychology and Theory of Instruction, Rhetorica 13, no.22 (May 1995): 125–136.https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.1995.13.2.125George Alexander Kennedy The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, 27 (Mar 2008).https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521300063George A. Kennedy The evolution of a theory of artistic prose, (Jan 1990): 184–199.https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521300063.006George A. Kennedy, Doreen C. Innes Hellenistic literary and philosophical scholarship, (Jan 1990): 200–219.https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521300063.007Elaine Fantham The growth of literature and criticism at Rome, (Jan 1990): 220–244.https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521300063.008Dorren C. Innes Augustan Critics, (Jan 1990): 245–273.https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521300063.009Elaine Fantham Latin Criticism of the Early Empire, (Jan 1990): 274–296.https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521300063.010

The Theory and Practice of Imitation in Classical Rhetoric

The Theory and Practice of Imitation in Classical Rhetoric

Effects of Imitative Resistance Exercise and Direct Practice on Handball Serving Skill

Abstract This study was designed to investigate the relative effectiveness of three training methods on the improvement of performance in handball serving skill. This skill was considered as consisting of two qualities — the speed and accuracy of a served handball. The three training approaches consisted of an imitative resistance exercise, direct practice, and a combination of imitative resistance and direct practice. Sixty-four members of five sections of beginning handball at Weber State College volunteered as subjects and were randomly assigned as members of three treatment groups and a control group of 16 subjects each. The three treatment groups exercised 3 days per week for a period of 8 weeks. The findings of this investigation were as follows: (a) no significant difference was found among treatment groups for handball serving speed or accuracy, (b) all experimental groups experienced significant and comparable gains in serving speed, and (c) there was no significant loss in serving speed or accur...