Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up (Sather Classical Lectures) by Beard, Mary (2014) Hardcover

Beard, Mary

ISBN 10: 0520277163 / ISBN 13: 9780520277168

Verlag: University of California Press, 2014

University of California Press hardcover in dust jacket, 2014- first edition/1st printing; unused and carefully stored; No marks/tears or other defects; (as New/as New). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble wrap the book and ship it in a New BOX- Not a plastic bag like the zombie sellers. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 14426

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What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear - a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Drawing on a wide range of Roman writing - from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book - Mary Beard tracks down the giggles, smirks, and guffaws of the ancient Romans themselves. From ancient monkey business to the role of a chuckle in a culture of tyranny, she explores Roman humor from the hilarious, to the momentous, to the surprising. But she also reflects on even bigger historical questions. What kind of history of laughter can we possibly tell? Can we ever really get the Romans jokes?

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at Cambridge University. Her many books include The Roman Triumph and The Fires of Vesuvius.

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Titel: Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, ...
Verlag: University of California Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Wie neu
Auflage: 1. Auflage