The maculate muse: obscene language in Attic comedy
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1. Verfasser: Henderson, Jeffrey (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 1991
Ausgabe:2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-239) and indexes
Obscene Language and the Development of Attic Comedy -- - Varieties of Obscene Expression: An Overview -- - The Dramatic Function of Obscenity in the Plays of Aristophanes -- - The Sexual Organs -- - The Male Organs -- - Proper and Euphemistic Words -- - Agricultural Terminology -- - Phallic Implements -- - Testicles -- - Animals -- - The Female Organs -- - Euphemistic Terminology -- - Agricultural Terminology -- - Gates and Passageways -- - Rings and Circles -- - Holes, Pits, and Hollows -- - Sea Animals -- - Cookery -- - Foods -- - Secreta Muliebria -- - Birds -- - Split or Crack -- - Proper Names -- - Other Erogenous Bodily Parts -- - Sexual Congress -- - Euphemistic Expressions -- - Nautical Terminology -- - Agricultural Terminology -- - Metaphors from Sport -- - Hitting and Piercing -- - Burning -- - [characters not reproducible] -- - Kissing -- - Fellatio -- - Cunnilingus -- - Scatological Humor -- - Xezein -- - Scatophagy and Related Humor -- - Urination -- - [characters not reproducible] -- - The Hindquarters -- - Homosexuality -- - Pathics -- - Pathic [characters not reproducible] -- - Active Pederasty -- - Effeminacy -- - Autoerotic Behavior
"The pervasive and unrestrained use of obscenity has long been acknowledged as a major feature of fifth-century Attic Comedy. This acclaimed book, now in a new edition, offers both a comprehensive discussion of the dynamics of Greek obscenity and a detailed commentary on the terminology itself. After contrasting the Greek notion of obscenity with modern-day ideas, Henderson discusses obscenity's role in the development of Attic Comedy, its historical origins, varieties, and dramatic function. His analysis of obscene terminology sheds new light on Greek culture. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 267 p.)
ISBN:019802312X
9780195066852
9780198023128

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