Kelly E. Shannon-Henderson (Univer Assistant Professor of Classics

Gebundenes Buch

Religion and Memory in Tacitus' Annals

Beschreibung

This first book-length treatment of religion in Tacitus' Annals analyzes his numerous references to religious material through the lens of cultural memory theory, revealing them as a key vehicle for his assessment of the principate as a system of government, the activities of individual emperors, and their impact on Roman cultural identity.

Autor

Kelly E. Shannon-Henderson holds a DPhil. in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature from the University of Oxford and is currently Assistant Professor of Classics in the Department of Modern Languages and Classics at the University of Alabama. She is the author of several articles on Roman religion, ancient historiography, paradoxography, and the literature of the Roman Empire.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Classical Monographs
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 790g
• ISBN-13: 9780198832768
• ISBN-10: 0198832761
• Artikelnr.: 54031827