Tacitus the sententious historian : a sociology of rhetoric in Annales 1-6 / Patrick Sinclair
by Sinclair, Patrick 1955-
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University Park, Penn. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vi, 262 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index. Contents; 1. Sententious Worlds and Character Types -- 2. Sententiae and Their Audience -- 3. The Sententious Princeps -- 4. A Sententious Society -- 5. The Sententious Historian, Master of All He Surveys. Subjects; Tacitus, Cornelius Technique. Literature and society Rome. Aphorisms and apothegms. Rhetoric, Ancient. Maxims, Latin History and criticism.
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- Title
- Tacitus the sententious historian : a sociology of rhetoric in Annales 1-6 / Patrick Sinclair
- Author
- Sinclair, Patrick 1955-
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0271013338
- ISBN 13
- 9780271013336
- Publisher
- University Park, Penn. : Pennsylvania State University Press
- Place of Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1995
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