Semiotics of Deceit
| Author | : Donald Maddox |
| Publisher | : Bucknell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0838750400 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780838750407 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (407 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Semiotics of Deceit by : Donald Maddox
Download or read book Semiotics of Deceit written by Donald Maddox and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deceit was a salient theme in medieval French drama, and nowhere was it developed to a higher degree than in the fifteenth-century comic masterpiece Maistre Pierre Pathelin, whose deceptive strategies have been praised for centuries for their astonishing variety and amazing human insight. This volume includes Alan Knight's admirably lucid and engaging translation of the drama, while the body of the work is devoted to Donald Maddox's critical analysis of it.