Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up
by
Beard, Mary, 1955-
Title
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Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up
Author
:
Beard, Mary, 1955-
ISBN
:
9780520277168
Publication Information
:
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Physical Description
:
x, 319 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
:
Sather classical lectures ; volume seventy-one
Contents
:
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.
Subject Term
:
Laughter -- Rome -- History -- To 1500.
Latin wit and humor -- History and criticism.
Geographic Term
:
Rome -- Social life and customs.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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| Beytepe Library | Book | 7.2/15/40394 | BF575.L3 B38 2014 | | Beytepe Genel Koleksiyon |