Tacitus the Sententious Historian: A Sociology of Rhetoric in "Annales" 1-6 - Patrick Sinclair - Books - Pennsylvania State University Press - 9780271013336 - February 16, 1995
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Patrick Sinclair
Tacitus the Sententious Historian: A Sociology of Rhetoric in "Annales" 1-6

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This text analyzes the "sententia" as a prominent and revealing rhetorical device with historically conditioned social values. The device is used skilfully in Tacitus's "Annales" Books 1-6, and is also examined in the writings of Anaximenes, Aristotle, Cicero, the elder Seneca and others.

272 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 16, 1995
ISBN13 9780271013336
Publishers Pennsylvania State University Press
Pages 272
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 29 mm   ·   762 g

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