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Funny Words in Plautine Comedy Book

Funny Words in Plautine Comedy : Hardback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780195341447 : 0195341449 : 14 Jan 2010 : 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.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    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...

  • 0195341449
  • 9780195341447
  • Michael Fontaine
  • 14 January 2010
  • OUP USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 328
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