Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up /

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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?...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beard, Mary, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Colección:Sather classical lectures ; v. 71.
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Temas:
To 1500
Laughter > Rome > History > To 1500.
Latin wit and humor > History and criticism.
Humour latin > Histoire et critique.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Latin wit and humor
Laughter
Manners and customs
Lachen
Rome > Social life and customs.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
ancient literary criticism.
ancient rome.
anthropology.
approachable scholarship.
classical literature.
conversational.
cultural studies.
essays on rhetoric.
funny.
history of ancient rome.
history of laughter.
history.
humor and drama.
humor.
inviting.
jokes.
laughter.
literary analysis.
monkey business.
performing arts.
purpose of laughter.
roman culture.
roman history.
roman humor.
roman joke book.
roman writing.
sather classical lectures.
theories of humor.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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