Unruly Eloquence

R. Bracht Branham

Published by Harvard University Press 1989

Unruly Eloquence

Lucian and the Comedy of Traditions

R. Bracht Branham

Volume 2 in the series Revealing Antiquity

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674734111

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Contents

About this book

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 Publicly Available Download PDF	i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter I. The Rhetoric of Laughter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter II. Agonistic Humors: Lucian and Plato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter III. Aging Deities: Lucian's Olympus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Chapter IV. Sudden Glory: The Revenge of Epicurus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Conclusion: Potter or Prometheus? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 279
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
- Other: illustrations
Keywords: Satire, Greek -- History and criticism.; Sophists (Greek philosophy) in literature.; Lucian, of Samosata -- Criticism and interpretation.; Comic, The, in literature.; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674734111

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1989
ISBN: 9780674734104