The Development of English Humor, Teil 1Duke University Press, 1952 - 421 Seiten |
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... never used treachery in those days " ; 11 or through Beowulf's scornful words to Unferth : " I have never heard such contests , such peril of swords related about thee .... In truth I tell thee , son of Ecglaf , that Grendel , the ...
... never used treachery in those days " ; 11 or through Beowulf's scornful words to Unferth : " I have never heard such contests , such peril of swords related about thee .... In truth I tell thee , son of Ecglaf , that Grendel , the ...
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... Never was naïveté more sly than that of Chaucer ; but never was the appearance of naïveté turned to more fertile or more delightful uses . And so perfect is the imitation of naïveté that it is not entirely an imitation ; the " absent ...
... Never was naïveté more sly than that of Chaucer ; but never was the appearance of naïveté turned to more fertile or more delightful uses . And so perfect is the imitation of naïveté that it is not entirely an imitation ; the " absent ...
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... never grew so rare that the roots of comedy in the national temperament should dry up . The austere citizen might shake his fist at the playhouse ; he even could have his way and shut it up for a while ; but on a broader view of the ...
... never grew so rare that the roots of comedy in the national temperament should dry up . The austere citizen might shake his fist at the playhouse ; he even could have his way and shut it up for a while ; but on a broader view of the ...
Inhalt
FOREWORD TO PART I | 2 |
MEDIEVAL FRENCH HUMOR | 21 |
Part II | 24 |
Urheberrecht | |
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