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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, 4 unnumbered pages of plates
- 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
- The laughter lover
- 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
- Subject
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- trueCivilization, Ancient
- HISTORY / Ancient / General
- trueHumor -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
- Latin wit and humor -- History and criticism
- trueLaughter
- trueLaughter -- History
- Laughter -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
- trueRome -- Social life and customs
- trueAncient history
- 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?"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
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- 10324832
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beard, Mary
- Dewey number
- 152.4/30937
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BF575.L3
- LC item number
- B38 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
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- Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
- Sather classical lectures
- Series volume
- volume seventy-one
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Laughter
- Latin wit and humor
- Rome
- HISTORY / Ancient / General
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- on joking, tickling, and cracking up
- Label
- Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up, Mary Beard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 2013040999
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 319 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780520277168
- Isbn Type
- (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2013040999
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up, Mary Beard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 2013040999
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 319 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780520277168
- Isbn Type
- (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2013040999
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- trueCivilization, Ancient
- HISTORY / Ancient / General
- trueHumor -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
- Latin wit and humor -- History and criticism
- trueLaughter
- trueLaughter -- History
- Laughter -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
- trueRome -- Social life and customs
- trueAncient history
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