Words that tear the flesh : essays on sarcasm in medieval and early modern literature and cultures /
The rhetorical trope of irony is well-trod territory, with books and essays devoted to its use by a wide range of medieval and Renaissance writers, from the Beowulf-poet and Chaucer to Boccaccio and Shakespeare; however, the use of sarcasm, the "flesh tearing" form of irony, in the same li...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
2018
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| Series: | Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
