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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?...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Beard, Mary, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introducing Roman laughter : Dio's "giggle" and Gnatho's two laughs
  • Questions of laughter, ancient and modern
  • The history of laughter
  • Roman laughter in Latin and Greek
  • The orator
  • From emperor to jester
  • Between human and animal, especially monkeys and asses
  • The laughter lover.