Controlling Laughter : Political Humor in the Late Roman Republic /

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Although numerous scholars have studied Late Republican humor, this is the first book to examine its social and political context. Anthony Corbeill maintains that political abuse exercised real powers of persuasion over Roman audiences and he demonstrates how public humor both creates and enforces a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Corbeill, Anthony, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1996.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wit and humor > Social aspects.
Politics and government.
Politics and culture.
Political oratory.
Political ethics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Humour > Aspect social.
Politique et culture > Rome.
Morale politique > Rome.
Éloquence politique > Rome.
Politics and culture > Rome.
Political ethics > Rome.
Political oratory > Rome.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Politique et gouvernement > Humour.
Rome > Politics and government > Humor.
Humor.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Physical Peculiarities
  • Chapter 2. Names and Cognomina
  • Chapter 3. Moral Appearance in Action: Mouths
  • Chapter 4. Moral Appearance in Action: Mouths
  • Chapter 5. A Political History o f Wit
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX LOCORUM ET IOCORUM
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • Backmatter

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