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Autore |
Lock F. P |
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Titolo |
The rhetoric of numbers in Gibbon's History [[electronic resource] /] / F.P. Lock |
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Newark, : University of Delaware Press |
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Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-65875-5 |
1-61149-417-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature and history |
Numbers in literature |
Symbolism of numbers in literature |
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Rome History Empire, 284-476 Historiography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Note on References; Preface; 1 Numbers; 2 Time; 3 Place; 4 Population; 5 War; 6 Religion; 7 Money; 8 Books; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Gibbon's History is one of the great master-narratives in the Western tradition. This book examines the ways in which Gibbon uses numbers: not only as historical evidence, for informational purposes, but to persuade (and sometimes to amuse), through the creation of a narrative voice that is at once authoritative and personal. |
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