Verfasst von: | Schulz, Verena [VerfasserIn] |
Titel: | Deconstructing imperial representation |
Titelzusatz: | Tacitus, Cassius Dio, and Suetonius on Nero and Domitian |
Verf.angabe: | by Verena Schulz |
Verlagsort: | Leiden ; Boston |
Verlag: | Brill |
E-Jahr: | 2019 |
Jahr: | [2019] |
Umfang: | XII, 410 Seiten |
Format: | 25 cm |
Gesamttitel/Reihe: | Mnemosyne : Supplements ; volume 427 : Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature |
Fussnoten: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 374-396 |
Ang. zum Inhalt: | 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 2 -- Chapter 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 Foils -- 3. Causation and Character -- 4. New Forms of Logic -- Chapter 5. Creating Uncertainty -- 1. Tacitus and Theories of Uncertainty -- 2. Playing with Variants -- 3. Playing with Oppositions -- 4. Uncertainty and Interpretation -- Conclusion to Part 2 -- Part 3. Cassius Dio: Deconstruction and Typologies -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Chapter 6. Writing Historiography under the Severans -- 1. The Roman History and the Early Third Century -- 2. Imperial Representation in the Roman History -- Chapter 7. Strategies of Deconstruction in Cassius Dio -- 1. Negative Connotations -- 2. Persuasive Characters. |
Hochschulschrift: | Habilitationsschrift, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2018 |
ISBN: | 978-90-04-40721-3 |
URL: | Inhaltsbeschreibung: https://brill.com/view/title/547734qapplication |
Schlagwörter: | (g)Römisches Reich / (p)Nero <Römisches Reich, Kaiser> / (p)Domitian <Römisches Reich, Kaiser> / (s)Geschichtsschreibung / (p)Tacitus, Cornelius / (p)Cassius <Dio> / (p)Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius |
Dokumenttyp: | Hochschulschrift |
Sprache: | eng |
Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Schulz, Verena, author: Deconstructing imperial representation. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019 |(DLC)2019019833 |
| Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Schulz, Verena, 1982 - : Deconstructing imperial representation. - Leiden : Brill, 2019. - 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 410 Seiten) |
RVK-Notation: | NH 7325 |
K10plus-PPN: | 1664821686 |
Verknüpfungen: | → Übergeordnete Aufnahme |
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