Pub Date: June 30, 2000
Dewey: 892
LCCN: 99053810
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.81" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.42 lbs) 356 pages
BISAC Categories:
Literary Criticism | African | Ancient and Classical | Jewish | Language Study | Ancient Languages see also Latin | Religion | Biblical Reference
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.