10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FESCENNINE»
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Fescennine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Works of John Dryden: Poems 1693-1696
During the space of almost four hundred years, since the Building of their City,
the Romans had never known any Entertainments of the Stage: Chance and
Jollity first found out those Verses which they call'd Saturnian, and Fescennine:
Or ...
John Dryden, A. B. Chambers, William Frost, 1974
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Marriage Customs of the World: An Encyclopedia of Dating ...
Cinderella Dreams: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding. Berkeley: University of
California Press. FESCENNINE SONGS A wedding is often considered a
dangerous time for the bride and groom. Couples are thought to be particularly
vulnerable ...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: ...
They were 1ffuffui,but not fpfarfit: perhaps they might be nsed in the solemn part
of their ceremonies ; and the Fescennine, which were invented after them, in their
afternoon's debauchery, because they were scoffing and obscene.
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition
*occasional verse, chiefly lascivious wedding songs, of great antiquity, which
perhaps originated as ribald or abusive songs sung at harvest festivals:
Claudian's Fescennine verses for the wedding of Emperor Honorius are extant (cf
. Catullus ...
Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, Jahan Ramazani, 2012
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
L. Keller and C. Miller FESCENNINE VERSES (versus Fescennini). A form of Lat.
*occasional verse, chiefly lascivious wedding songs, of great antiquity, which
perhaps originated as ribald or abusive songs sung at harvest festivals:
Claudian's ...
Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, 2012
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English translations from ancient and modern poems
They were i'f'pi :□>•»'> 1 'ut .not i'piur^u : perhaps they might be used in the
solemn part of their ceremonies ; and the Fescennine, which were invented after
them, in their afternoon's debauchery, because they were scoffing and obscene.
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The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: ...
During the space of almost four hundred years, since the building of their city, the
Romans had never known any entertainments of the state : chance and jollity first
found out those verses which they called Saturnian, and Fescennine : or rather ...
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The Miscellaneous, Works, Containing All His Original Poems, ...
tainments of the state: chance and jollity first found out thosess verses which they
called Saturnian, and Fescennine: or rather human nature, which is inclined to
poetry, first produced them, rude and barbarous, and unpolished, as all other ...
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The Roman Poets of the Republic
points out how this rustic raillery gradually assumed the character of fierce
lampoons, and had to be restrained by law :— Fescennine per hunc inventa
licentia morem Versibus alternis opprobria rustica fudit ; Libertasque recurrentes
sccepta ...
William Young Sellar, 1863
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The miscellaneous works: containing all his original poems, ...
tainments of the state : chance and jollity first found out those verses which they
called Saturnian, and Fescennine : or rather human nature, which is inclined to
poetry, first produced them, rude and barbarous, and unpolished, as all other ...
John Dryden, Samuel Derrick, 1760
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FESCENNINE»
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Fescennine is used in the context of the following news items.
Suchu Dance Presents Steel Puffs Have Left the Building
... Shariffskul and Sun in which they cover the space side-by-side, with their arms marking the bell-tone accents of the Fescennine score. «Houston Press, May 14»
'The Poetry of Sex' Isn't Actually About Sex
Unfortunately Hannah knows nothing of the venerable tradition of Fescennine verse. The most brilliant examples, Nashe's “The Choice of ... «The New Republic, Mar 14»
Phalluses and fallacies: Germaine Greer on the poetry of sex
Unfortunately Hannah knows nothing of the venerable tradition of Fescennine verse. The most brilliant examples, Nashe's “The Choice of ... «New Statesman, Feb 14»
The Diary: Barry Humphries
Undoubtedly they had come to enjoy Dame Edna's shrill soliloquy and were obliged to sit through the fescennine outpourings and copious ... «Financial Times, Dec 13»
Killer Bunnies Attack in Suchu Dance's BOSK
Fescennine's music is a great accompaniment and matches the shifts in mood perfectly. And speaking of moods, these woodland inhabitants ... «Houston Press, Jun 13»
Austerity May Begin to Toll for France As Well
Other examples of such words are solecism, Boeotian, and fescennine. Yes, everyone wants a fair shake. Created equal in the eyes of God is a ... «TIME, Jul 12»
Introducing Break Dem Boyz Off, Only Five Years After They Should …
The video above, that's by Break Dem Boyz Off, an enjoyable fescennine rap conglomerate that's somehow been functioning since 2006. «Houston Press, Dec 11»
Here is a brief sample of words I have submitted to Australia's …
The Macquarie doesn't indulge the Fescennine unduly, but doesn't fear it either. Some years ago Sue innocently started to speak of the then-popular epithet ... «The Monthly, Aug 10»
Download Games Roundup
These are the things that put the 'Great' in Britain, and just a fraction of the fescennine cast of this unexpectedly brilliant point-and-click ... «Eurogamer.net, Jun 10»
