Deconstructing Imperial Representation

by Schulz, Verena

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Full title :Deconstructing Imperial Representation

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Publication Date:2019.

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Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Boston
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019.

Notes

‎Appendix. Deconstruction and Rhetorical Strategies

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Description:1 online resource (422 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789004407558, 9004407553
oclc:on1111454507
LC Classification:DG205 .S385 2019
Dewey Decimal:937/.030922

Intro; ‎Contents; ‎Preface; ‎Introduction. Content and Purpose of This Study; ‎Part 1. Constructing the Emperor in Historiography and Panegyric; ‎Chapter 1. Texts and Stories: On 'Dinners with the Emperor'; ‎1. An Example: Constructing Imperial Dinners; ‎2. Ingredients for a Good Imperial Dinner; ‎3. Critical Texts: Digesting Bad Dinners; ‎4. Conclusions Drawn from This Case Study; ‎Chapter 2. Theory and History; ‎1. Imperial Representation: Nero and Domitian; ‎2. Discourse and Deconstruction; ‎3. Literature and Persuasiveness; ‎Part 2. Tacitus: Deconstruction and Uncertainty

‎Introduction to Part 2‎Chapter 3. Imperial Representation and Topics of Deconstruction; ‎1. Military Actions: From Peace to Inactivity, from Victory to Hypocrisy; ‎2. Building Endeavours: From Construction to Destruction; ‎3. Public Entertainment: From Popular to Eccentric Performances; ‎4. Nero's Speeches: Gaining Rhetorical Power; ‎5. Divinity: From God-Like to Unhuman; ‎6. Atmosphere: From Golden Age to the Dynamics of Bad Times; ‎Chapter 4. Strategies of Deconstruction in Tacitus; ‎1. Overview: How to Deconstruct Imperial Representation

‎2. Negative Connotations: 'Facts', Additions, and Foils‎3. Causat…