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

Beard, Mary

 
9780520401495: Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
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ISBN 10 : 0520401492 ISBN 13 : 9780520401495
Editeur : University of California Press, 2024

Synopsis

"Laughter in Ancient Rome is a masterwork, simultaneously a sophisticated work of historical and literary scholarship and an unputdownable read. Beard never loses sight of the specificities of Roman culture, yet she encompasses an extraordinary range of ancient and modern theorizing. Her book will appeal to psychologists and anthropologists, as well as to classicists and indeed anyone who has ever thought about the much-debated question of why we laugh."

--William V. Harris, William R. Shepherd Professor of History at Columbia University, and author of Dreams and Experience in Classical Antiquity "With a bounty of suggestive and unfailingly intelligent conclusions about the situation of laughter within ancient Roman culture, Beard's remarkable learning is displayed on every page. Laughter in Ancient Rome is unmistakably a work of scholarship, but it is also an unpretentious and inviting exploration available to anyone who is interested. As a literary attainment, this book is marvelous."

--Dylan Sailor, Associate Professor of Classics at University of California, Berkeley

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À propos de l?auteur

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

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"Laughter in Ancient Rome is a masterwork, simultaneously a sophisticated work of historical and literary scholarship and an unputdownable read. Beard never loses sight of the specificities of Roman culture, yet she encompasses an extraordinary range of ancient and modern theorizing. Her book will appeal to psychologists and anthropologists, as well as to classicists and indeed anyone who has ever thought about the much-debated question of why we laugh."

--William V. Harris, William R. Shepherd Professor of History at Columbia University, and author of Dreams and Experience in Classical Antiquity "With a bounty of suggestive and unfailingly intelligent conclusions about the situation of laughter within ancient Roman culture, Beard's remarkable learning is displayed on every page. Laughter in Ancient Rome is unmistakably a work of scholarship, but it is also an unpretentious and inviting exploration available to anyone who is interested. As a literary attainment, this book is marvelous."

--Dylan Sailor, Associate Professor of Classics at University of California, Berkeley

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520401492
ISBN 13 
9780520401495
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Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
338
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780520287587: Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up (Sather Classical Lectures)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0520287584 ISBN 13 :  9780520287587
Editeur : University of California Press, 2015
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