Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial RomeUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 182 من الصفحات |
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... especially by Tacitus , must have led to changes in this respect as in others , though the need to save the point works as a natural preservative of much original political wit . III The plan of my study is this . The epigrammatic prose ...
... especially by Tacitus , must have led to changes in this respect as in others , though the need to save the point works as a natural preservative of much original political wit . III The plan of my study is this . The epigrammatic prose ...
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... especially in response to pressure from " the rich and powerful who want to do wrong with impunity . " 10 Thus in comedy as a literary genre , increasing sophistication goes with decreasing political power of wit . The possibility that ...
... especially in response to pressure from " the rich and powerful who want to do wrong with impunity . " 10 Thus in comedy as a literary genre , increasing sophistication goes with decreasing political power of wit . The possibility that ...
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... especially effective in sexual or political humor because it plays two meanings or codes off against each other , one veiling the other for appear- ance's sake . Double entendre figures for the most part in Suetonius simply as a form of ...
... especially effective in sexual or political humor because it plays two meanings or codes off against each other , one veiling the other for appear- ance's sake . Double entendre figures for the most part in Suetonius simply as a form of ...
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Ludibrium and Political Wit | 15 |
Techniques of Wit | 56 |
Enacted Wit | 69 |
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