Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial RomeUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 182 من الصفحات |
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... style , and the most important effect of Tacitus ' style is creation of an epigrammatic atmosphere that has variously been described as " sinewy , " " tense , " " mordant , " " angular . " 2 Like highly dra- matic scenes , style itself ...
... style , and the most important effect of Tacitus ' style is creation of an epigrammatic atmosphere that has variously been described as " sinewy , " " tense , " " mordant , " " angular . " 2 Like highly dra- matic scenes , style itself ...
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... style ] is pleasant and easily understood because it is the opposite of unstructured . The hearer al- ways thinks that he is grasping something and that he has reached an end . It is unpleasant not to anticipate [ pronoein ] and not to ...
... style ] is pleasant and easily understood because it is the opposite of unstructured . The hearer al- ways thinks that he is grasping something and that he has reached an end . It is unpleasant not to anticipate [ pronoein ] and not to ...
الصفحة 92
... style for a new age , and Tacitus ' remark that his " talent was pleasant and in tune with the ears of his time ” ( Ann . 13.3.1 ) leaves room for more than literary style . At any rate , taste for anomaly and complexity in literature ...
... style for a new age , and Tacitus ' remark that his " talent was pleasant and in tune with the ears of his time ” ( Ann . 13.3.1 ) leaves room for more than literary style . At any rate , taste for anomaly and complexity in literature ...
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Ludibrium and Political Wit | 15 |
Techniques of Wit | 56 |
Enacted Wit | 69 |
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