Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial RomeUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 182 من الصفحات |
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... historiography of the early empire particularly as it is used by Tacitus . Style is in the first instance some- thing to be observed and intuitively appreciated , a performance that , if done well , need not be talked about . Nor is it ...
... historiography of the early empire particularly as it is used by Tacitus . Style is in the first instance some- thing to be observed and intuitively appreciated , a performance that , if done well , need not be talked about . Nor is it ...
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... historiography itself . Direct physical violence is commonly restrained in society by rituals of one sort or another . In Rome rough - and - ready popular justice at one time took the form of verbal protest designed to bring infamy on ...
... historiography itself . Direct physical violence is commonly restrained in society by rituals of one sort or another . In Rome rough - and - ready popular justice at one time took the form of verbal protest designed to bring infamy on ...
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... historiography on the same score of anomaly . 14 It is true that the circumstances envisaged in the speeches are imaginary and highly artificial , but for that very reason declamation was free to pursue the same kind of legal and moral ...
... historiography on the same score of anomaly . 14 It is true that the circumstances envisaged in the speeches are imaginary and highly artificial , but for that very reason declamation was free to pursue the same kind of legal and moral ...
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Ludibrium and Political Wit | 15 |
Techniques of Wit | 56 |
Enacted Wit | 69 |
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