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Tyberiusz według Jacka Bocheńskiego
Tyberius According to Jacek Bocheński

Author(s): Arkadiusz Morawiec
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: Jacek Bocheński; Polish literature; historical novel; the Emperor Tiberius; Roman Empire

Summary/Abstract: The article contains the interpretation of Jacek Bocheński’s Tyberiusz Cezar (2009). This historical novel, which is a polemic with the “black legend” of the Emperor Tiberius, created by Roman historians, especially Tacitus and Suetonius, takes the issue of the historical truth, entanglement in political power, as well as the state of contemporary culture.

  • Issue Year: 59/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 31-39
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish
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