Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitus
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This 2000 book examines Tacitus' Annals as an ironic portrayal of Julio-Claudian Rome, through close analysis of passages in which characters engage in interpretation and misreading. By representing the misreading of signifying systems - such as speech, gesture, writing, social structures and natural phenomena - Tacitus obliquely comments upon the perversion of Rome's republican structure in the new principate. Furthermore, this study argues that...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521034957
ISBN13:9780521034951
Release Date:December 2006
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:212 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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