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Unruly Eloquence
Lucian and the Comedy of Traditions
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English
Published/Copyright:
1989
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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.
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Frontmatter
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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CONTENTS
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Introduction
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Chapter I. The Rhetoric of Laughter
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Chapter II. Agonistic Humors: Lucian and Plato
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Chapter III. Aging Deities: Lucian's Olympus
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Chapter IV. Sudden Glory: The Revenge of Epicurus
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Conclusion: Potter or Prometheus?
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Abbreviations
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Notes
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Selected Bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
October 1, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9780674734111
Hardcover published on:
February 5, 1989
Hardcover ISBN:
9780674734104
Edition:
Reprint 2013
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Main content:
279
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4
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eBook ISBN:
9780674734111
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9780674734104
Keywords for this book
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical; Satire, Greek -- History and criticism.; Sophists (Greek philosophy) in literature.; Lucian, of Samosata -- Criticism and interpretation.; Comic, The, in literature.
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Professional and scholarly;
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