A cultural history of comedy /
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 contribu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2020.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 6 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350000711 (v. 1) 135000071X (v. 1) 9781350000728 1350000728 9781350000735 1350000736 9781350000742 1350000744 9781350000759 1350000752 9781350000766 1350000760 1350000825 9781350000827 |