One Hundred Renaissance Jokes

One Hundred Renaissance Jokes
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Publisher : Summa Publications, Inc.
Total Pages : 136
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ISBN-10 : 0917786653
ISBN-13 : 9780917786655
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Book Synopsis One Hundred Renaissance Jokes by : Barbara C. Bowen

Download or read book One Hundred Renaissance Jokes written by Barbara C. Bowen and published by Summa Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 1988 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of Renaissance jokes (or "facetiae") taken from Latin, Italian, German, Middle French, and Middle English collections between 1345 and 1549. "...the translations are accurate and couched in remarkably natural and expressive English... (we) recommend this little volume warmly both to the scholarly and to the hedonistic attention of Renaissance specialists in all fields." --Sixteenth-Century Journal. For students and scholars alike who wish to investigate the "lighter" side of Renaissance belles lettres.


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