Author: Michael Fontaine
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195341449
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Combining textual and literary evidence, this book argues that many Plautine jokes, puns, and names of characters were misunderstood in antiquity. By examining the comedian's tendency to make up and misuse words, Fontaine elucidates many new jokes and argues for a sophisticated, Hellenistic Plautus who wrote for a sophisticated Roman audience.
Funny Words in Plautine Comedy
Author: Michael Fontaine
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195341449
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Combining textual and literary evidence, this book argues that many Plautine jokes, puns, and names of characters were misunderstood in antiquity. By examining the comedian's tendency to make up and misuse words, Fontaine elucidates many new jokes and argues for a sophisticated, Hellenistic Plautus who wrote for a sophisticated Roman audience.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195341449
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Combining textual and literary evidence, this book argues that many Plautine jokes, puns, and names of characters were misunderstood in antiquity. By examining the comedian's tendency to make up and misuse words, Fontaine elucidates many new jokes and argues for a sophisticated, Hellenistic Plautus who wrote for a sophisticated Roman audience.
Representative English Comedies
Author: Charles Mills Gayley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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A Word to the Wise
Author: Hugh Kelly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Comedies ... done into English by M. H. Dey; illustrations by C. Delort
Author: Alfred de Musset
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Representative English Comedies: A comparative view of the fellows and followers of Shakespeare (part one)
Author: Charles Mills Gayley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
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Comedies of Words and Other Plays
Author: Arthur Schnitzler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, German
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Authors, German
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
English Comedy
Author: Allan Rodway
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520365062
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520365062
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.
Comedies of Words and Other Plays
Author: Arthur Schnitzler
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780530459547
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780530459547
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language
Author: Keith Allan
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198808194
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
This volume brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to define and describe taboo words and language and to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. It examines topics such as impoliteness, swearing, censorship, taboo in deaf communities, translation of tabooed words, and the use of taboo in banter and comedy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198808194
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
This volume brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to define and describe taboo words and language and to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. It examines topics such as impoliteness, swearing, censorship, taboo in deaf communities, translation of tabooed words, and the use of taboo in banter and comedy.
Representative English Comedies: An historical view of the beginnings of English comedy
Author: Charles Mills Gayley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description