Controlling Laughter : : Political Humor in the Late Roman Republic / / Anthony Corbeill.
Although numerous scholars have studied Late Republican humor, this is the first book to examine its social and political context. Anthony Corbeill maintains that political abuse exercised real powers of persuasion over Roman audiences and he demonstrates how public humor both creates and enforces a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Physical Peculiarities
- Chapter 2. Names and Cognomina
- Chapter 3. Moral Appearance in Action: Mouths
- Chapter 4. Moral Appearance in Action: Mouths
- Chapter 5. A Political History o f Wit
- WORKS CITED
- INDEX LOCORUM ET IOCORUM
- GENERAL INDEX
- Backmatter