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Writing and empire in Tacitus /
Writing and Empire in Tacitus examines how Tacitus' historiographical career serves as an argument about his personal autonomy and social value under the peculiar political conditions of the early Roman Empire. Following the arc of his career from Agricola through Histories to Annals, this book...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Writing and Empire in Tacitus examines how Tacitus' historiographical career serves as an argument about his personal autonomy and social value under the peculiar political conditions of the early Roman Empire. Following the arc of his career from Agricola through Histories to Annals, this book focuses on ways in which Tacitus' writing makes implicit claims about his relationship to Roman society and about the political consequentiality of historical writing. In a sense, this book suggests, his literary career and the sense of alienation his works project form the ideal complement to his very successful political career, which, while desirable, might nonetheless give the impression of degrading submission to emperors. The discussion combines careful attention to the historian's explicit programmatic discussion of his work with larger-scale analysis of stretches of narrative that have unspoken but significant implications for how we view the function and importance of Tacitus' work. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 359 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511438028 9780511438028 9780511438691 0511438699 0511435770 9780511435775 9780511482366 0511482361 9780511437359 0511437358 9780521297141 0521297141 |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login on and off-campus. |