The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy by Jeffrey Henderson

The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy

Jeffrey Henderson

288 pages first pub 1975 (editions)

nonfiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
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The pervasive and unrestrained use of obscenity has long been acknowledged as a major feature of fifth-century Attic Comedy; no other Western art form relies so heavily on the sexual and scatological dimensions of language. This acclaimed book, no...

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