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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Chris Holcomb |
ISBN: | 9781570033971 1570033978 |
OCLC Number: | 45582687 |
Description: | viii, 230 pages ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Jesting situations -- The topoi, or "places," of jesting: official and unofficial territories -- Point out something unseemly in no unseemly manner: orators, courtiers, and buffoons -- Audience: the many-headed monster. |
Series Title: | Studies in rhetoric/communication. |
Responsibility: | Chris Holcomb. |
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