Unruly Eloquence : Lucian and the Comedy of Traditions / R. Bracht Branham.
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TextSeries: Revealing Antiquity ; 2Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1989Edition: Reprint 2013Description: 1 online resource (279 p.) : illustrationsContent type: - 9780674734104
- 9780674734111
- Comic, The, in literature
- Griechische Literatur
- Het komische
- Humour dans la littérature grecque
- Humour dans la littérature grecque
- Klassieke oudheid
- Satire, Greek
- Satires
- Sophists (Greek philosophy) in literature
- Comic, The, in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
- Lucian, of Samosata -- Criticism and interpretation
- Satire, Greek -- History and criticism
- Sophists (Greek philosophy) in literature
- HISTORY / Ancient / Greece
- 887/.01
- PA4236
- online - DeGruyter
- Issued also in print.
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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.
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