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The maculate muse : obscene language in Attic comedy / Jeffrey Henderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henderson, Jeffrey, 1946- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.
- Greek drama (Comedy).
- Obscene words in literature.
- Greek language--Obscene words.
- Greek language.
- Scatology in literature.
- Sex in literature.
- Sex--Terminology.
- Sex.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This edition of a textbook which offers a detailed discussion of obscenity in Ancient Greek comedy has been revised to include an introduction and updated with additional philological material.
- This is the first book to offer comprehensive discussion of the dynamics of Greek obscenity and a detailed commentary on the terminology itself. It sets the standard for scholarly work on ancient obscenity in language, and has established itself as a classic in the field. For this new edition, Jeffrey Henderson has corrected and updated the philological material and added a new introduction.
- Notes:
- "First Oxford University Press edition"--T.p. verso.
- Previously issued in print: 1991.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and indexes.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770478-6
- 0-19-802312-X
- 1-280-52545-2
- 0-19-536199-7
- OCLC:
- 969645573
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