Free Download Jokes in Greek Comedy: From Puns to Poetics by Naomi Scott
English | October 19, 2023 | ISBN: 1350248487 | True EPUB/PDF | 192 pages | 0.4/4.96 MB
In ancient Greek comedy, nothing is ever ‘just a joke’. This book treats jokes with the seriousness they deserve, and shows that far from being mere surface-level phenomena, jokes in Greek comedy are in fact a site of poetic experimentation whose creative force expressly rivals that of serious literature.