| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 200 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: irony, history, reading; 2 Imperium sine Fine: problems of definition in Annals I; 3 Germanicus and the reader in the text; 4 Reading Tiberius at face value; 5 Obliteration and the literate emperor; 6 The empress's plot; 7 Ghostwriting the emperor Nero; 8 Conclusion: the end of history; Bibliography; General Index; Index Locorum |
| Summary |
This book is a literary analysis of the language and style of Tacitus' Annals. The political context of first-second century AD Rome is also taken into consideration. Issues relating to the study of narrative, Roman politics and theories of history are addressed in the course of the discussion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-192) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Tacitus, Cornelius -- Technique
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Tacitus, Cornelius. Annales.
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| SUBJECT |
Tacitus, Cornelius fast |
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Tacite, (0055?-0120?) -- Technique. ram |
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Tacitus, Cornelius. Annales. swd |
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Annales (Tacitus, Cornelius) fast |
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Annales -- Critique. ram |
| Subject |
Historiography -- Rome
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Irony.
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irony.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Latin.
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Historiography
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Irony
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Rhetoric, Ancient
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Technique
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Ironie
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Interpretation
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Kritik
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Sprache
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Annales (Tacitus)
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Ironie.
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Misvattingen.
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Rhétorique antique.
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Ironie (rhétorique) -- Dans la littérature.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511017448 |
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9780511017445 |
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0511048556 |
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9780511048555 |
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0511033311 |
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9780511033315 |
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9780511482335 |
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0511482337 |
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6610420793 |
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9786610420797 |
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1280420790 |
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9781280420795 |
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0511327498 |
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9780511327490 |
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0521034957 |
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9780521034951 |
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0511173342 |
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9780511173349 |
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051115240X |
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9780511152405 |
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1107117852 |
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9781107117853 |
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