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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beard, Mary, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lachen
Manners and customs.
Laughter.
Latin wit and humor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Humour latin > Histoire et critique.
Latin wit and humor > History and criticism.
Laughter > Rome > History > To 1500.
Römisches Reich
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Social life and customs.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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