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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Beard, Mary (1955-....). Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : Laughter in ancient Rome [Texte imprimé] : on joking, tickling, and cracking up / Mary Beard
Édition : Updated edition
Publication : Berkeley (Calif.) ; Los Angeles (Calif.) ; London : University of California Press, 2024
Description matérielle : x, 319 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection : Sather classical lectures ; volume seventy-oneThe Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literauture
Lien à la collection : Sather classical lectures The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 277-300. Notes bibliogr. Index"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?"
Sujet(s) : Littérature humoristique latine Rire -- Société -- Rome -- Jusqu'à 1500 Moeurs et coutumes -- Rome -- Jusqu'à 1500
Indice(s) Dewey : 152.43 (23e éd.) = Esprit et humour
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780520277168. - ISBN 0520277163. - ISBN 9780520958203 (erroné). - ISBN 9780520287587. - ISBN 0520287584. - ISBN 9780520401495. - ISBN 0520401492. - ISBN 0520958209. - ISBN 9780520958203
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47453065g
Notice n° : FRBNF47453065 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.