A Cultural History Of Humour From Antiquity To The Present Day
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A Cultural History of Humour
Author | : Jan Bremmer,Herman Roodenburg |
Publsiher | : Polity |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1997-07-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 074561535X |
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Humour is without doubt a vital element of the human condition but it has rarely been the subject of serious historical research. Yet a closer look at jokes and other comic phenomena shows us that the nature of humour changes from one period to another, and that these changes can provide us with important insights into the social and cultural developments of the past. This important and highly original book sets out to explore the terra incognita of humour through the ages - from jokes and stage humour in Greece and Rome to the jestbooks of early modern Europe, from practical jokes in Renaissance Italy to comic painting during the Dutch Golden Age, from Bakhtin's conception of laughter to the joking relationships of anthropologists. These innovative accounts move humour into the centre of social and cultural history and throw an unexpected light on life and manners through the ages.
A Cultural History of Comedy In antiquity
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Author | : Andrew McConnell Stott,Eric Weitz (Drama professor),Michael Ewans,Martha Bayless,Elizabeth Kraft,Matthew Kaiser,Louise Sarah Peacock |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Comedy |
ISBN | : OCLC:1123645409 |
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How has our expression, use and reception of comedy developed from antiquity to the present day? What role has it occupied in Western culture, and what can it tell us about how society has changed? In a work that spans 2,500 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 55 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. The volumes describe various manifestations of comedy, its use in religion, theatre and literature, and its historical and philosophical significance. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
A Cultural History of Comedy In the Middle Ages
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Author | : Andrew McConnell Stott,Eric Weitz (Drama professor),Michael Ewans,Martha Bayless,Elizabeth Kraft,Matthew Kaiser,Louise Sarah Peacock |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Comedy |
ISBN | : OCLC:1123645409 |
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How has our expression, use and reception of comedy developed from antiquity to the present day? What role has it occupied in Western culture, and what can it tell us about how society has changed? In a work that spans 2,500 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 55 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. The volumes describe various manifestations of comedy, its use in religion, theatre and literature, and its historical and philosophical significance. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
A Cultural History of Comedy In the Age of Enlightenment
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Author | : Andrew McConnell Stott,Eric Weitz (Drama professor),Michael Ewans,Martha Bayless,Elizabeth Kraft,Matthew Kaiser,Louise Sarah Peacock |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Comedy |
ISBN | : OCLC:1123645409 |
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How has our expression, use and reception of comedy developed from antiquity to the present day? What role has it occupied in Western culture, and what can it tell us about how society has changed? In a work that spans 2,500 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 55 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. The volumes describe various manifestations of comedy, its use in religion, theatre and literature, and its historical and philosophical significance. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
A Cultural History of Comedy
Author | : Andrew McConnell Stott,Eric Weitz |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Comedy |
ISBN | : 1350000825 |
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Examines 2,500 years of comedy in its physical, social and cultural context.
A Cultural History of Comedy In the age of empire
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Author | : Andrew McConnell Stott,Eric Weitz (Drama professor),Michael Ewans,Martha Bayless,Elizabeth Kraft,Matthew Kaiser,Louise Sarah Peacock |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Comedy |
ISBN | : OCLC:1123645409 |
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How has our expression, use and reception of comedy developed from antiquity to the present day? What role has it occupied in Western culture, and what can it tell us about how society has changed? In a work that spans 2,500 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 55 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. The volumes describe various manifestations of comedy, its use in religion, theatre and literature, and its historical and philosophical significance. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
A Cultural History of Comedy in the Age of Enlightenment
Author | : Elizabeth Kraft |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2021-12-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781350187726 |
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This volume highlights the variety of forms comedy took in England, with reference to developments in Europe, particularly France, during the European Enlightenment. It argues that comedy in this period is characterized by wit, satire, and humor, provoking both laughter and sympathetic tears. Comic expression in the Enlightenment reflects continuities and engagements with the comedy of previous eras; it is also noted for new forms and preoccupations engendered by the cultural, philosophical, and political concerns of the time, including democratizing revolutions, increasing secularization, and growing emphasis on individualism. Discussions emphasize the period's stage comedy and acknowledge comic expression in various forms of print media including the emerging literary form we now know as the novel. Contributions from scholars reflect a wide variety of interests in the field of 18th-century studies, and the inclusion of a generous number of illustrations throughout demonstrates that the period's visual culture was also an important part of the Enlightenment comic landscape. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter and ethics. These eight different approaches to Enlightenment comedy add up to an extensive, synoptic coverage of the subject.
A Cultural History of Comedy In the modern age
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Author | : Andrew McConnell Stott,Eric Weitz (Drama professor),Michael Ewans,Martha Bayless,Elizabeth Kraft,Matthew Kaiser,Louise Sarah Peacock |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Comedy |
ISBN | : OCLC:1123645409 |
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How has our expression, use and reception of comedy developed from antiquity to the present day? What role has it occupied in Western culture, and what can it tell us about how society has changed? In a work that spans 2,500 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 55 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. The volumes describe various manifestations of comedy, its use in religion, theatre and literature, and its historical and philosophical significance. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.