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	Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitus By: O'Gorman, Ellen Published By: Cambridge University Press PDF for Digital Editions Price: $60.00 Available to read online in eb20 (what's this?) PDF for Digital Editions	EBOOK OPTIONS ADD TO CART ADD TO WISHLIST TELL A FRIEND RECEIVE ALERTS
	This book is a literary analysis of the language and style of Tacitus' Annals. The political context of first-second century AD Rome is also taken into consideration. Issues relating to the study of narrative, Roman politics and theories of history are addressed in the course of the discussion.

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1 Introduction: irony, history, reading	1	22	$13.20
2 Imperium sine Fine: problems of definition in Annals I	23	45	$13.80
3 Germanicus and the reader in the text	46	77	$19.20
4 Reading Tiberius at face value	78	105	$16.80
5 Obliteration and the literate emperor	106	121	$9.60
6 The empress’s plot	122	143	$13.20
7 Ghostwriting the emperor Nero	144	175	$19.20
8 Conclusion: the end of history	176	183	$4.80
Bibliography	184	192	$5.40
General Index	193	195	$1.80
Index Locorum	196	200	$3.00

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