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 12
... political reality and how that affects the way he writes about it . Taken together , these aspects of language constitute a major part of the linguistic dimension of politics , and so a study of wit is at the same time a study of what J ...
... political reality and how that affects the way he writes about it . Taken together , these aspects of language constitute a major part of the linguistic dimension of politics , and so a study of wit is at the same time a study of what J ...
الصفحة 14
... political logic . 14 That is a natural target of political criticism and a natu- ral medium for political wit , modern as well as ancient . Modern political satire is pertinent to the ancient historians insofar as its medium is often a ...
... political logic . 14 That is a natural target of political criticism and a natu- ral medium for political wit , modern as well as ancient . Modern political satire is pertinent to the ancient historians insofar as its medium is often a ...
الصفحة 131
... political point being made through moral resistance , still , the political point lies precisely in the moral resistance . And imperial policy for its part was not made in the light of the kind of abstract , secular laws governing ...
... political point being made through moral resistance , still , the political point lies precisely in the moral resistance . And imperial policy for its part was not made in the light of the kind of abstract , secular laws governing ...
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Ludibrium and Political Wit | 15 |
Techniques of Wit | 56 |
Enacted Wit | 69 |
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