Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitus
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780521034951
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Language Arts & Disciplines; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Language; General; Latin; Foreign Language Study / Latin; Language Arts & Disciplines-General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Tacitus, Cornelius--Technique; Tacitus, Cornelius--Technique Tacitus, Cornel
First sentence: Tacitus is a notoriously difficult writer; the central theme of this study is what the difficulty of Tacitus means and what are the possible ways a reader can respond to this difficulty.