Title : The Illustrated Haddock - The Complete Collection of the Captain's Swear Words - Algoud Albert - Book

Summary :

The Captain's singular heroism could only be expressed in an original language. Of course, his outrage retains the cathartic force of good old swearing, but to agonize the enemy, to insult him to death, no swear words, very little slang, never crude apostrophes. These "sordida verba" have nothing sordid about them. Haddock follows in the tradition of the most virulent polemicists, who, from Rabelais to Vallès, Bloy or Céline, fight with words against the mediocre and the wicked. Thanks to him, brought back into circulation, detached from their conventional usage, torn from routine, these words - some of which, like "bachi-bouzouk" or "tonnerre de Brest", have become classics - are launched in a jubilant and baroque movement that gives them a surprising vigor. The Illustrated Haddock is both a lexicon giving the meaning and use of haddockian terms and a cultural instrument presenting historical and etymological explanations, changes in meaning, archaisms, regionalisms and haddockisms. Insults, abuse, swear words: for the first time, the Captain's entire arsenal of "words" is presented and analyzed with as much seriousness as humor.

• EAN: 9782203017108
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