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Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up, Mary Beard
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- Summary
- "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?"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 319 pages
- Note
- Includes index : pp. 303-319
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780520277168
- Label
- Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up
- Title
- Laughter in ancient Rome
- Title remainder
- on joking, tickling, and cracking up
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Beard
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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?"--
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beard, Mary
- Dewey number
- 937
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Sather classical lectures
- Series volume
- 71
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Laughter
- Latin wit and humor
- Rome
- Label
- Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up, Mary Beard
- Note
- Includes index : pp. 303-319
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: pp. 277-300
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- 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
- Control code
- 000052279531
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520277168
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013040999
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861322938
- Label
- Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up, Mary Beard
- Note
- Includes index : pp. 303-319
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: pp. 277-300
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- 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
- Control code
- 000052279531
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520277168
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013040999
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861322938
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