Tacitean Visual Narrative

by Philip Waddell

Book Overview

Combining the studies of modern film, traditional narratology, and Roman art, this interdisciplinary work explores the complex and highly visual techniques of Tacitus' Annales. The volume opens with a discussion of current research in narratology, as applied to Roman historians. Narratology is a helpful and insightful tool, but is often inadequate to deal with specifically visual aspects of ancient narrative. In order to illuminate Tacitus'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350191523
• ISBN13: 9781350191525
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"