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Controlling Laughter

- Political Humor in the Late Roman Republic

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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 society's norms. Previous scholarship has offere

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780691602233
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 266
  • Udgivet:
  • 8. marts 2015
  • Størrelse:
  • 234x155x19 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 420 g.
  • 2-3 uger.
  • 10. december 2024

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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 society's norms. Previous scholarship has offere

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