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Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up by Mary Beard (Paperback, 2015)
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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? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Drawing on a wide range of Roman writing?from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book?Mary Beard tracks down the giggles, smirks, and guffaws of the ancient Romans themselves. From ancient ?monkey business? to the role of a chuckle in a culture of tyranny, she explores Roman humor from the hilarious, to the momentous, to the surprising.? But she also reflects on even bigger historical questions. What kind of history of laughter can we possibly tell? Can we ever really ?get? the Romans' jokes?Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-139780520287587
eBay Product ID (ePID)223162618
Product Key Features
Book TitleLaughter in Ancient Rome: on Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
Book SeriesSather Classical Lectures
AuthorMary Beard
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature, History
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Width152 mm
Item Weight499 g
Volume71
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorMary Beard
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- 21 Apr, 2024
Funny and uplifting
This is a funny book but still havn't finished itVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Aug, 2021
Loved it.
Great read and very amusing.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
