Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.33.4, pp. 2795-2831
 
Rhetorical Generalizations in Annales 1-6. Review of the Problem of Innuendo and Tacitus' Integrity
by Patrick Sinclair, Irvine, Calif.

Contents

Introduction 2795
Part One

I. Historian or Poet?

2797

II. Psychology, Generalizations, and Epigrams

2799

III. Between Fact and Impression: the "Art of Innuendo"

2802
 
Part Two

I. Rhetoric and Psychology

2808

II. Rhetoric and the Facts

2811

III. Presentation of Character

2816

IV. Emphasis and "Safe Criticism"

2817

V. Tacitus' Persona

2820

VI. The Integration of Rhetoric and Historiography

2822
Conclusion 2828
Bibliography of Works Cited 2829

1. Latin Texts

2829

2. Secondary Literature

2829
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