Description
Essays on the use of word play in the literature of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, and Israel, and Medieval Hebrew and Arabic literature; includes such topics as: alliterative allusions, rebus writing, ominous homophony, portentous puns, and paronomasia.
Author: Scott Noegel
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 06/30/2000
Pages: 356
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9781883053499
ISBN10: 1883053498
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | African
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical
- Literary Criticism | Jewish