Laughter in Ancient Rome
On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
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, a…
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- ISBN: 978-0-520-95820-3
- EAN: 9780520958203
- Produktnummer: 21596368
- Verlag: Kensington Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 326 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'923 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Reihenbandnummer: 71
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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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