Laughter in Ancient Rome - On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up

Drawing on a wide range of Roman writings, from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book, the history of laughter in Rome is explored.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at Cambridge University. Her many books include The Roman Triumph and The Fires of Vesuvius.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mary Beard, Beard Mary
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9780520277168
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27716-8
• Seiten: 336
• Abmessung: 162 mm x 237 mm x 35 mm
• Serien: Sather Classical Lectures; Sather Classical Lectures; Sather Classical Lectures (Har; Sather Classical Lectures (CAUP)
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Sachbuch; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory