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Plautus, Rome's earliest extant poet, was acclaimed by ancient critics above all for his mastery of language and his felicitous jokes; and yet in modern times relatively little attention has been devoted to elucidating these elements fully. In Funny Words in Plautine Comedy, Michael Fontaine re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fontaine, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Classical Studies module.
Subjects:
Plautus, Titus Maccius > Language.
Plautus, Titus Maccius > Literary style.
Plautus, Titus Maccius
Puns and punning in literature.
Plays on words.
Latin drama (Comedy) > Greek influences.
Mots d'esprit et jeux de mots dans la littérature.
Mots d'esprit et jeux de mots.
Comédie latine > Influence grecque.
DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Language and languages
Latin drama (Comedy) > Greek influences
Plays on words
Puns and punning in literature
Literary style
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Verba perplexabilia
  • Parapraxis and parachesis
  • Equivocation and other ambiguities
  • Innuendo and the audience
  • Double entendre
  • Conclusion.