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On Puns: The Foundation of Letters
On Puns The Foundation of Letters
Author: Jonathan Culler
"In the beginning was the pun." Samuel Beckett's sardonic revision of Scripture carries an insight that this collection of essays seeks to develop. The pun is traditionally labelled as "the lowest form of wit." To defend puns, then, would be to show that it can be an amusing and revealing form of cleverness, instances of genuine wit. The essays ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780631158936
ISBN-10: 0631158936
Publication Date: 4/7/1988
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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