Deconstructing imperial representation [e-book] : Tacitus, Cassius Dio, and Suetonius on Nero and Domitian / by Verena Schulz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schulz, Verena, author.

Series:

Mnemosyne, Supplements; volume427.

Mnemosyne, Supplements; volume427

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Historiography.

Rome.

Tacitus, Cornelius.

Cassius Dio Cocceianus.

Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122.

Suetonius.

Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.

Nero.

Domitian, Emperor of Rome, 51-96.

Domitian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Summary:

What literary strategies do Tacitus, Cassius Dio, and Suetonius apply in portraying Nero and Domitian? This book argues that the three authors respond to and deconstruct the positive accounts of imperial representation that were prevalent during the lifetimes of the two controversial emperors. They take up motifs from these earlier accounts, which they re-interpret to construct their own negative portraits. Although Tacitus, Cassius Dio, and Suetonius discuss the same historical figures and events of early imperial Rome, they are rarely examined together in one volume. Verena Schulz offers the first combined reading of their works from a philological viewpoint, analysing the various rhetorical techniques and narratological devices that they display, and the different literary and historical discourses in which they are embedded.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Content and Purpose of This Study

Constructing the Emperor in Historiography and Panegyric

Texts and Stories: On ‘Dinners with the Emperor’

Theory and History

Tacitus: Deconstruction and Uncertainty

Introduction to Part 2

Imperial Representation and Topics of Deconstruction

Strategies of Deconstruction in Tacitus

Creating Uncertainty

Conclusion to Part 2

Cassius Dio: Deconstruction and Typologies

Introduction to Part 3

Writing Historiography under the Severans

Strategies of Deconstruction in Cassius Dio

Deconstruction and the Construction of Memory

Conclusion to Part 3

Suetonius: Deconstruction and Entertainment

Introduction to Part 4

Biography and Eccentric Representation

Strategies of Deconstruction in Suetonius

Deconstructed Elements and Miscellanism

Conclusion to Part 4

Conclusion

Three Modes of Deconstruction

Back Matter

Deconstruction and Rhetorical Strategies

Bibliography

Indexes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-40755-3

OCLC:

1096222873

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004407558 DOI