Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial RomeUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 182 من الصفحات |
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... discussion designed not to be understood and probably has at least as much witty exaggeration . A fisherman who breached Tiberius ' security system by presenting in per- son and without clearance a choice catch as a gift for the emperor ...
... discussion designed not to be understood and probably has at least as much witty exaggeration . A fisherman who breached Tiberius ' security system by presenting in per- son and without clearance a choice catch as a gift for the emperor ...
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... discussion and exploration of the language in which the articulation of politics is carried on . Historiography is another . ” 8. I take this example from J. Whitfield , Machiavelli ( New York , 1965 ) , 98 ; and H. Pitkin ...
... discussion and exploration of the language in which the articulation of politics is carried on . Historiography is another . ” 8. I take this example from J. Whitfield , Machiavelli ( New York , 1965 ) , 98 ; and H. Pitkin ...
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... discussion of the facts in some of the cases mentioned and often distorted by Tacitus see Walker , Annals of Tacitus , 82-137 ; B. Baldwin , " Executions , Trials and Punishment in the Reign of Nero , " Parola del passato 117 ( 1967 ) ...
... discussion of the facts in some of the cases mentioned and often distorted by Tacitus see Walker , Annals of Tacitus , 82-137 ; B. Baldwin , " Executions , Trials and Punishment in the Reign of Nero , " Parola del passato 117 ( 1967 ) ...
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Ludibrium and Political Wit | 15 |
Techniques of Wit | 56 |
Enacted Wit | 69 |
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