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.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Beard, Beard Mary
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9780520277168
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27716-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 237 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Sather Classical Lectures; Sather Classical Lectures; Sather Classical Lectures (Har; Sather Classical Lectures (CAUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory