LEADER 04004nam 2200565 450 001 9910825615303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a3-11-056225-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110563252 035 $a(CKB)4100000001965718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5157065 035 $a(DE-B1597)487650 035 $a(OCoLC)1020699568 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110563252 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5157065 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11500890 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000001965718 100 $a20180210h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aWords that tear the flesh $eessays on sarcasm in medieval and early modern literatures and cultures /$fedited by Alan Baragona and Elizabeth L. Rambo 210 1$aBerlin, [Germany] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cDe Gruyter,$d2018. 210 4$d©2018 215 $a1 online resource (378 pages) 225 1 $aFundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture ;$vVolume 21 311 $a3-11-056211-1 311 $a3-11-056325-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tAcknowledgements and Dedications -- $tTable of Contents -- $tIntroduction / $rBaragona, Alan / Rambo, Elizabeth L. -- $tEncountering Snarks in Anglo-Saxon Translation / $rMcDonald, Rick -- $tTrolling in Old Norse / $rAbram, Christopher -- $tSnark and the Saint / $rJohnson, Máire -- $tComic Authority / $rFarrell, Jeremy -- $tSarcasm and its Consequences in Diplomacy and Politics in Medieval Italy / $rApplauso, Nicolino -- $t"A lowed laghtur that lady logh" / $rBest, Debra E. -- $t"Hostilis Inrisio" / $rLee, Brian S. -- $tSelf-Evident Morals? / $rBernstein, Esther -- $tLet's Not Get Snarky about Derision! / $rSokolski, Patricia -- $tPoking [Fun] at [the Foibles of] the Flesh / $rFriedrich, Ellen Lorraine -- $tSarcasm in Medieval German and Old Norse Literature / $rClassen, Albrecht -- $tSarcasm and Heresy / $rTiner, Elza C. -- $tLorenzo Valla's "Intellectual Violence" / $rO'Neil, Scott -- $tSnarky Shrews / $rRicke, Joe -- $tBibliography -- $tContributors' Biographies -- $tIndex of Names -- $tIndex of Subjects 330 $aThe rhetorical trope of irony is well-trod territory, with books and essays devoted to its use by a wide range of medieval and Renaissance writers, from the Beowulf-poet and Chaucer to Boccaccio and Shakespeare; however, the use of sarcasm, the "flesh tearing" form of irony, in the same literature has seldom been studied at length or in depth. Sarcasm is notoriously difficult to pick out in a written text, since it relies so much on tone of voice and context. This is the first book-length study of medieval and Renaissance sarcasm. Its fourteen essays treat instances in a range of genres, both sacred and secular, and of cultures from Anglo-Saxon to Arabic, where the combination of circumstance and word choice makes it absolutely clear that the speaker, whether a character or a narrator, is being sarcastic. Essays address, among other things, the clues writers give that sarcasm is at work, how it conforms to or deviates from contemporary rhetorical theories, what role it plays in building character or theme, and how sarcasm conforms to the Christian milieu of medieval Europe, and beyond to medieval Arabic literature. The collection thus illuminates a half-hidden but surprisingly common early literary technique for modern readers. 410 0$aFundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ;$vVolume 21. 606 $aIrony 610 $aSarcasm. 610 $aearly modern. 610 $airony. 610 $amedieval. 615 0$aIrony. 676 $a809.918 702 $aBaragona$b Alan 702 $aRambo$b Elizabeth L. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825615303321 996 $aWords that tear the flesh$94071107 997 $aUNINA