Description: Laughter in Ancient RomeOn Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up Author(s): Mary Beard Format: Hardback Publisher: University of California Press, United States Imprint: University of California Press ISBN-13: 9780520277168, 978-0520277168 Synopsis 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?
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Book Title: Laughter in Ancient Rome
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Sather Classical Lectures
Author: Mary Beard
Publication Name: Laughter in Ancient Rome: on Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 635 g
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
