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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2014.
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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.