Controlling Laughter : Political Humor in the Late Roman Republic / Anthony Corbeill
1996, First Edition. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Tiny pencil marks in margins. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #448032
ISBN: 0691027390
Physical description; 266 pages. Notes; Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Berkeley. 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. Subjects; Political ethics Rome. Political oratory Rome. Wit and humor Social aspects.
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