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Autore |
Fontaine Michael |
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Titolo |
Funny words in Plautine comedy / / Michael Fontaine |
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New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Puns and punning in literature |
Plays on words |
Latin drama (Comedy) - Greek influences |
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Formato |
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; Abbreviations; 1. Verba Perplexabilia; 2. Parapraxis and Parechesis; 3. Equivocation and Other Ambiguities; 4. Innuendo and the Audience; 5. Double Entendre; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index Jocorum: A Pundex; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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