
Laughter in Ancient Rome
On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
By: Mary Beard
Hardcover | 25 June 2014 | Edition Number 1
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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?
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ISBN: 9780520277168
ISBN-10: 0520277163
Series: Sather Classical Lectures
Published: 25th June 2014
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 336
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: University of California Press
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 15.5 x 3
Weight (kg): 0.64
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