Writing and empire in Tacitus

Dylan Sailor

Writing and Empire in Tacitus examines how Tacitus' historiographical career serves as an argument about his personal autonomy and social value under the peculiar political conditions of the early Roman Empire. Following the arc of his career from Agricola through Histories to Annals, this book focuses on ways in which Tacitus' writing makes implicit claims about his relationship to Roman society and about the political consequentiality of historical writing. In a sense, this 2008 book suggests, his literary career and the sense of alienation his works project form the ideal complement to his very successful political career, which, while desirable, might nonetheless give the impression of degrading submission to emperors. The discussion combines careful attention to the historian's explicit programmatic discussion of his work with larger-scale analysis of stretches of narrative that have unspoken but significant implications for how we view the function and importance of Tacitus' work.

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[目次]

  • Introduction. A life, in fragments
  • 1. Autonomy, authority, and representing the past under the Principate
  • 2. Agricola and the crisis of representation
  • 3. The burdens of Histories
  • 4. 'Elsewhere than Rome'
  • 5. Tacitus and Cremutius
  • Conclusion. On knowing Tacitus.

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書名 Writing and empire in Tacitus
著作者等 Sailor, Dylan
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2011
ページ数 xii, 359 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 9780521297141
NCID BB07858312
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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