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Journal articles on the topic "Witticism"

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GÖNEL, Hüseyin. "Witticism and Literary Arts As a Vehicle of Witticism." Journal of Turkish Studies Volume 6 Issue 4, no. 6 (2011): 163–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.7827/turkishstudies.2647.

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YOUNGEUNYOON. "Connecting irony and humor with witticism and lightheartedness." Linguistic Research 31, no. 1 (2014): 183–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.17250/khisli.31.1.201404.008.

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West, Stephanie. "Not at Home: Nasica's Witticism and Other Stories." Classical Quarterly 42, no. 1 (1992): 287–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0009838800042853.

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Cicero's discussion of wit in the de oratore includes an entertaining story about Ennius and a certain Nasica (whom it is almost certainly wasted energy to attempt to identify) (2.275–6): ‘Valde haec ridentur et hercule omnia quae a prudentibus per simulationem subabsurde salseque dicuntur. Ex quo genere est etiam non videri intellegere quod intellegas… ut illud Nasicae, qui cum ad poetam Ennium venisset eique ab ostio quaerenti Ennium ancilla dixisset domi non esse, Nasica sensit illam domini iussu dixisse et ilium intus esse; paucis post diebus cum ad Nasicam venisset Ennius et eum ad ianuam
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SOLMAZ, Süleyman. "Witticism in the Sixteenth Century According to “Tezkire”s." Journal of Turkish Studies Volume 6 Issue 2, no. 6 (2011): 17–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.7827/turkishstudies.2360.

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Sutherland, Stewart. "Hope." Royal Institute of Philosophy Lecture Series 25 (March 1989): 193–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0957042x00011329.

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Most of us have probably heard Samuel Johnson's witticism about the reported proposal of an acquaintance to enter into a second marriage—‘the triumph of hope over experience’. Whatever that tells us about his friend's previous marriage, it tells us quite a bit about the popular understanding of hope. A similiar point was implied by J. B. Priestley when he referred to whisky distillers marketing faith and hope at twelve shillings and sixpence per bottle, and not for the first time G. K. Chesterton got it superficially wrong in defining hope as ‘the power of being cheerful in circumstances which
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Juricic, Michael. "Perception, causation and German foreign policy." Review of International Studies 21, no. 1 (1995): 105–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0260210500117541.

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With characteristic insight, intelligence, and good humour, the eighteenth-century Scottish poet, Robert Burns, once remarked that ‘the best-laid schemes o'mice an men gang aft agley’. Written primarily as a commonsense observation on success and unintentional failure experienced during life's travails, Burns’ witticism does ironically account for much in the world of politics as it functions both within societies and between nation-states. For in international politics, established patterns of action and reaction are often poor guides to resolving complex disputes, whereas innovative, origina
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Persky, Joseph. "Retrospectives: A Dismal Romantic." Journal of Economic Perspectives 4, no. 4 (1990): 165–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.4.4.165.

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Economists like to think of their discipline as queen of the social sciences. Unfortunately, our vocation is more likely to be berated as “the dismal science.” This witticism has a checkered history. In the popular mind, economists are viewed as “dismal” largely because of our acute sensitivity to budget constraints and opportunity costs. Within the profession, the expression is often linked to the pessimistic demographics of Thomas Malthus. But the epithet “dismal science” was far more than gentle fun at the expense of the Reverend Malthus. Instead, it was a rallying cry of a mid-19th century
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MIRKA, DANUTA. "The Cadence of Mozart's Cadenzas." Journal of Musicology 22, no. 2 (2005): 292–325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/jm.2005.22.2.292.

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ABSTRACT The cadenzas Mozart supplied for his piano concertos are designed to close with a standard schema that conforms to the cadence as it was understood by musicians of the 18th century and described by such writers as Heinrich Christoph Koch. Melodic ingredients included the note of preparation, the cadential note, and the caesura note. The cadential schema may be elongated and manipulated in diverse ways, and in extreme cases, as witnessed in Mozart's practice, manipulations of the schema may yield sophisticated strategies that encompass several phases of approaching closure. Since the c
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Nikolaidis, Anastasios. "Quaestiones Convivales: Plutarch’s Sense of Humour as Evidence of his Platonism." Philologus 163, no. 1 (2019): 110–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/phil-2017-0029.

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AbstractGiven Plutarch’s fragmentary piece on Aristophanes and Menander (Mor. 853A–854D), a piece of Table Talk on almost the same topic (Mor. 711A–713F) and various attacks on comic poets scattered through the Lives, one might believe that Plutarch is a staid, conservative and humourless author. But several other instances in his writings reveal a playful, facetious, witty and humorous Plutarch. This paper will focus on the Quaestiones Convivales, which bear ample witness to this aspect of Plutarch’s personality and authorial technique. It will examine the ways in which he introduces and desc
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Young, B. W. "The Anglican Origins of Newman's Celibacy." Church History 65, no. 1 (1996): 15–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3170494.

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In his historical defense of the doctrines of the Church of England, published in 1826, Robert Southey assumed that “the question concerning the celibacy of the clergy had been set at rest throughout Protestant Europe.” The conclusion that Anglicanism necessarily entailed the rejection of celibacy was, in early-nineteenth-century England, decidedly premature, and the ambiguity over celibacy in the Church of England is starkly and exceptionally exposed in the life and work of John Henry Newman. Recent assessments of Newman's peculiar standing in Victorian society have often emphasized the sexua
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Witticism"

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Marculescu, Ioana. "Vauvenargues ou la dissimulation intermittente. Vérités de détail et vérités principales." Thesis, Paris 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA040232.

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Nous proposons dans cette étude une réinterprétation de Vauvenargues (1715-1747) à travers le concept de dissimulation intermittente. Ce concept nous a permis de relier la pensée de la dissimulation chez Vauvenargues à l’art d’écrire que l’auteur utilise dans son œuvre et sa correspondance. Dans la première partie, consacrée à la correspondance avec Mirabeau, nous étudions la manière dont Vauvenargues se sert des préjugés ou, dans les termes de la dissimulation intermittente, des vérités de détail de son correspondant afin de faire illusion sur la vérité principale d’une conduite prudente, ada
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Eberhardt, Kai-Ole [Verfasser]. "Vernunft und Offenbarung in der Theologie Christoph Wittichs (1625–1687) : Prolegomena und Hermeneutik der reformierten Orthodoxie unter dem Einfluss des Cartesianismus / Kai-Ole Eberhardt." Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019. http://www.v-r.de/.

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Gallégo, Josée. "Le mythe des Argonautes dans le théâtre du Siècle d'or espagnol." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCA041.

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Le mythe de la Toison d'or est le récit d'une aventure maritime jusqu'au bout du monde pour y rapporter un emblème de royauté. Chassé par un oncle usurpateur, Jason triomphe des épreuves qui lui sont imposées grâce à l'amour de la magicienne Médée. Tamis des orpailleurs, trésor caché, parchemin sacré, constellation ou Saint-Graal, le bélier volant qui sauva Hellé et Phryxos de la noyade a été l’objet de nombreuses interprétations.En 1430, le duc de Bourgogne, Philippe le Bon, fonde l'ordre de la Toison d'or pour fédérer les princes de la chrétienté. À l'issue de la cérémonie d'intronisation, u
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Gallego, Josée. "Le mythe des Argonautes dans le théâtre du Siècle d'or espagnol." Thesis, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCA041.

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Le mythe de la Toison d'or est le récit d'une aventure maritime jusqu'au bout du monde pour y rapporter un emblème de royauté. Chassé par un oncle usurpateur, Jason triomphe des épreuves qui lui sont imposées grâce à l'amour de la magicienne Médée. Tamis des orpailleurs, trésor caché, parchemin sacré, constellation ou Saint-Graal, le bélier volant qui sauva Hellé et Phryxos de la noyade a été l’objet de nombreuses interprétations.En 1430, le duc de Bourgogne, Philippe le Bon, fonde l'ordre de la Toison d'or pour fédérer les princes de la chrétienté. À l'issue de la cérémonie d'intronisation, u
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Books on the topic "Witticism"

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Blind, National Federation of the. Wit and witticism: The second time around. National Federation for the Blind, 1996.

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National Federation of the Blind. Corny humor: Wit and witticism the fourth time around. National Federation for the Blind, 1998.

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National Federation of the Blind. The bell, the clapper, and the cord: Wit and witticism. National Federation of the Blind, 1994.

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Miao yu shi qu: Selected wisecracks and witticisms. Wai wen chu ban she, 2006.

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Twain, Mark. The quotable Mark Twain: His essential aphorisms, witticisms & concise opinions. Contemporary Books, 1997.

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Harry, Eisner. Poems, prose and witticisms by veterans of the 45th Infantry Division. 45th Infantry Division Museum, 1993.

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McMeans, Tracie. Little bitty witty's [sic]: (501 witticisms for families with little bitty's [sic]). Bright Books, 1994.

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Cats rule!: The rules, wisdom, and witticisms that go along with being a cat. BowTie Press, 2000.

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Dogs rule!: The rules, wisdom, and witticisms that go along with being a dog. BowTie Press, 2000.

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English, Roy. When I am an old coot: Witticisms for people who refuse to grow old gracefully. Gibbs Smith, 2009.

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Book chapters on the topic "Witticism"

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Marsh, David. "Poggio and Alberti Revisited." In Atti. Firenze University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6453-968-3.08.

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The careers of the Curial secretaries Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459) and Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) reveal many parallels. In 1437-1438 the Este court of Ferrara, where Eugenius IV convoked a church council, provided a focal point for their friendship. It was to the Ferrarese canon Francesco Marescalchi that Poggio dedicated Book 1 of his Latin epistles (1436), and Alberti his Hundred Apologues (1437). Both men were inspired to critiques of contemporary society by the Greek satirist Lucian, and both indulged in composing brief witticisms that expose human vice: Poggio in his Facetiae (Jests) and Alberti in his Apologi (Fables) and Vita (Autobiography). From Lucian, they also learned to dramatize human foibles on the imagined stage of the theatrum mundi, or theater of the world: Poggio in his dialogues, and Alberti in both the Intercenales and Momus. Despite such literary affinities, their approach to ethical questions differed, especially concerning the validity of allegory, which Poggio rejected but Alberti embraced. As a tribute to his colleague, Alberti dedicated Book 4 of his Intercenales to Poggio; he prefaced the work with an ironic Aesopic fable that asserts the superiority of recondite scientific research over commonplace humanistic studies. Eventually, Alberti’s status as an outsider in Florence was reflected in the deterioration in his relations with Poggio. The rift was widened in 1441, when Alberti organized the Italian poetic competition called the Certame Coronario that was held in the Florence cathedral on October 22. Poggio was a member of the jury that, to Alberti’s chagrin, refused to declare a winner.
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Van Rooy, Raf. "Introduction." In Language or Dialect? Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198845713.003.0001.

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‘A language is a dialect with an army and navy.’ This witticism, associated with Max Weinreich, constitutes the starting point of both the entire book and this first chapter. The distinction between language and dialect implicit in the witticism, the chapter argues, is not a self-evident and timeless given, as is widely assumed, but has had a complex history. In this history, the early modern period played a pivotal role, as linguistic diversity was problematized for the first time during this era. Earlier and later developments cannot, however, be overlooked. The chapter also outlines the focus on Western scholarship, with a slight West-Germanic tilt, as well as the main approach and structure of the book. Presented as a history of ideas, it falls into five parts, which coincide with the main episodes in the history of the conceptual pair. Finally, this chapter briefly surveys the contents of all subsequent chapters.
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Ossa-Richardson, Anthony. "Satura Lanx." In A History of Ambiguity. Princeton University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691167954.003.0005.

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This chapter assesses the implications of artificial ambiguity for the early modern study of classical poetry. The early modern encounter with ambiguity in poetry took its cue from rhetoric. This is important because it helps to explain why the role of ambiguity in poetry was so heavily circumscribed, as it had to be in rhetoric—both were held to involve the persuasive communication of ideas. The chapter then considers a word that connects readings of deliberate ambiguity in witticisms and in poetry: elegantia, ‘elegance’. It is difficult to get the measure of this apparently simple term. Silke Diederich has argued that, whereas it meant for Cicero the quality of the Attic genus subtile, ‘precise, neat, tasteful, well-chosen, with discreet adornments’, it came to denote for later Roman critics a refined, aristocratic mode of expression. The word elegentia itself exhibits an ambiguity, or an unresolved contradiction. The term precisely describes the notion of perspicuous ambiguity, or ambiguity without obscurity, the double sense of a witticism. The chapter then argues that without a sense of how some critics defended ambiguity in poetry, one will struggle to understand how contemporary poets might have conceptualised their own ambiguities.
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Ossa-Richardson, Anthony. "Collusion and Delusion." In A History of Ambiguity. Princeton University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691167954.003.0003.

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This chapter focuses on the notion of artificial ambiguity, understood at the level of speech-acts, which classical and early modern scholars usually conceived of either as puns—that is, ambiguities that are not really ambiguous—or as equivocations—ambiguities engineered to deceive. Then as now, wits prided themselves on their facility with double meanings, and chief among these was Cicero. The witty ambiguity, exemplified in the puns of Cicero, seemed to critics very different to the fraudulent ambiguity, embodied in the language of Satan, or in Jesuitical equivocation: the one was joyous and elegant, giving pleasure and reinforcing social bonds, whereas the other, undermining trust and moral security, begat sin after sin. However, they were only ever two ends of the same wand, and their proximity could bring delight to the equivocation or discredit to the pun. The chapter then analyses that paradox, first modelling the ambiguity in the classical witticism and then considering its relation to the figure of the hypocrite in early modern poetry and theology. It also evaluates the sixteenth-century argument over the legitimacy of equivocation and mental reservation.
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"3. Witticisms and Witlessisms." In The Long and Short of It. Stanford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780804781893-006.

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"3. Vernunft und Offenbarung in der cartesianischen Theologie: die Prolegomena im System Christoph Wittichs." In Vernunft und Offenbarung in der Theologie Christoph Wittichs (1625–1687) Eberhardt, Vernunft und Offenbarung/eLib. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.13109/9783666573125.111.

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"1. Einleitung." In Vernunft und Offenbarung in der Theologie Christoph Wittichs (1625–1687) Eberhardt, Vernunft und Offenbarung/eLib. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.13109/9783666573125.17.

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"4. Die Hermeneutik als Zentrum cartesianischer Theologie." In Vernunft und Offenbarung in der Theologie Christoph Wittichs (1625–1687) Eberhardt, Vernunft und Offenbarung/eLib. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.13109/9783666573125.293.

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"5. Christoph Wittich und der theologische Cartesianismus – Ausblicke und Ergebnisse." In Vernunft und Offenbarung in der Theologie Christoph Wittichs (1625–1687) Eberhardt, Vernunft und Offenbarung/eLib. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.13109/9783666573125.385.

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"2. Die cartesianische Theologie im Spiegel der evangelischen Dogmatik des 20. Jahrhunderts." In Vernunft und Offenbarung in der Theologie Christoph Wittichs (1625–1687) Eberhardt, Vernunft und Offenbarung/eLib. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.13109/9783666573125.75.

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Conference papers on the topic "Witticism"

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Ilieva, Nina Z. "A debater's art is all wit and witticism." In 5th International e-Conference on Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. Center for Open Access in Science, Belgrade, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32591/coas.e-conf.05.19213i.

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