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Unruly Eloquence : Lucian and the Comedy of Traditions / R. Bracht Branham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Revealing Antiquity ; 2Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1989Edition: Reprint 2013Description: 1 online resource (279 p.) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674734104
  • 9780674734111
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 887/.01
LOC classification:
  • PA4236
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter I. The Rhetoric of Laughter -- Chapter II. Agonistic Humors: Lucian and Plato -- Chapter III. Aging Deities: Lucian's Olympus -- Chapter IV. Sudden Glory: The Revenge of Epicurus -- Conclusion: Potter or Prometheus? -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Branham expounds with sophistication and subtlety the essential ingredients of Lucian's satirical humor. He makes frequent reference to its importance for comic theory and literary history.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674734111

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter I. The Rhetoric of Laughter -- Chapter II. Agonistic Humors: Lucian and Plato -- Chapter III. Aging Deities: Lucian's Olympus -- Chapter IV. Sudden Glory: The Revenge of Epicurus -- Conclusion: Potter or Prometheus? -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

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Branham expounds with sophistication and subtlety the essential ingredients of Lucian's satirical humor. He makes frequent reference to its importance for comic theory and literary history.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)