Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial RomeUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 182 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 70
... omens . Both have a prima facie similarity to enacted wit on several counts : they are typically incongruous because they violate ordinary expectations ; they are signs of deeper political disorder ; and as actual happenings omens are ...
... omens . Both have a prima facie similarity to enacted wit on several counts : they are typically incongruous because they violate ordinary expectations ; they are signs of deeper political disorder ; and as actual happenings omens are ...
الصفحة 71
... omens are still caught up in a political theater alive to the riddling side of events . And the point they conceal is in fact often amusing . For it was easy to jest with omens , and in fusing religion with politics the emperor as a ...
... omens are still caught up in a political theater alive to the riddling side of events . And the point they conceal is in fact often amusing . For it was easy to jest with omens , and in fusing religion with politics the emperor as a ...
الصفحة 77
... omens as jokes . He turned the appearance of a comet and the mysteri- ous opening of Augustus ' Mausoleum into a multiple pun by applying the comet ( " hairy " ) to the long - haired king of Parthia and the open tomb to a member of ...
... omens as jokes . He turned the appearance of a comet and the mysteri- ous opening of Augustus ' Mausoleum into a multiple pun by applying the comet ( " hairy " ) to the long - haired king of Parthia and the open tomb to a member of ...
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Ludibrium and Political Wit | 15 |
Techniques of Wit | 56 |
Enacted Wit | 69 |
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