Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial RomeUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 182 من الصفحات |
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... ancient . Modern political satire is pertinent to the ancient historians insofar as its medium is often a peculiar historical fiction or what has been called " faction " dealing with " fac- toids . " George Orwell or Alexander Zinoviev ...
... ancient . Modern political satire is pertinent to the ancient historians insofar as its medium is often a peculiar historical fiction or what has been called " faction " dealing with " fac- toids . " George Orwell or Alexander Zinoviev ...
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... ancient society . For the most part such protest did not rise above the level of ordinary ludibrium . Tacitus defines his own position by insisting that his account will not replicate the absurdity of events in rhetorical excess of its ...
... ancient society . For the most part such protest did not rise above the level of ordinary ludibrium . Tacitus defines his own position by insisting that his account will not replicate the absurdity of events in rhetorical excess of its ...
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... ancient historiography are perhaps in order . It is genuinely pertinent in this respect : its distinctive ... ancient literature and the modern satiric samizdat on the score of informal transmis- sion of ideas , M. I. Finley , Democracy ...
... ancient historiography are perhaps in order . It is genuinely pertinent in this respect : its distinctive ... ancient literature and the modern satiric samizdat on the score of informal transmis- sion of ideas , M. I. Finley , Democracy ...
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Ludibrium and Political Wit | 15 |
Techniques of Wit | 56 |
Enacted Wit | 69 |
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