The Development of English Humor, Teil 1Duke University Press, 1952 - 421 Seiten |
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... reached when Renart , found guilty of numberless crimes , and seeing the fatal noose draw quite near his neck , is seized with a sudden itch to take the cross and fight God's battles beyond the seas : " El non de seinte penitance Voeil ...
... reached when Renart , found guilty of numberless crimes , and seeing the fatal noose draw quite near his neck , is seized with a sudden itch to take the cross and fight God's battles beyond the seas : " El non de seinte penitance Voeil ...
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... reached between a spontaneous realistic verve , the roots of which were as old as the originality of the English genius , and a fine reserve , a well - bred economy and delicacy , which could hardly be reached except through culture ...
... reached between a spontaneous realistic verve , the roots of which were as old as the originality of the English genius , and a fine reserve , a well - bred economy and delicacy , which could hardly be reached except through culture ...
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... reached a degree of finesse in humor which it took several centuries to equal or surpass . But the quantity , at a given moment , has been almost constantly on the increase . By the middle of the seventeenth century , the odds are that ...
... reached a degree of finesse in humor which it took several centuries to equal or surpass . But the quantity , at a given moment , has been almost constantly on the increase . By the middle of the seventeenth century , the odds are that ...
Inhalt
FOREWORD TO PART I | 2 |
MEDIEVAL FRENCH HUMOR | 21 |
Part II | 24 |
Urheberrecht | |
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