Author: Alexandre G. Mitchell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521513707
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This richly illustrated book is a comprehensive study of visual humour in ancient Greece, emphasising works created in Athens and Boeotia.
Greek Vase-Painting and the Origins of Visual Humour
Author: Alexandre G. Mitchell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521513707
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This richly illustrated book is a comprehensive study of visual humour in ancient Greece, emphasising works created in Athens and Boeotia.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521513707
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This richly illustrated book is a comprehensive study of visual humour in ancient Greece, emphasising works created in Athens and Boeotia.
Sudden Glory
Author: Barry Sanders
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807062050
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In this wonderful exploration of the meaning of laughter, Barry Sanders queries its uses from the ancient Hebrews to Lenny Bruce, turning up evidence of its age-old power to subvert authority and give voice to the voiceless.
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807062050
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In this wonderful exploration of the meaning of laughter, Barry Sanders queries its uses from the ancient Hebrews to Lenny Bruce, turning up evidence of its age-old power to subvert authority and give voice to the voiceless.
Laughter, Jestbooks and Society in the Spanish Netherlands
Author: Johan Verberckmoes
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349271764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Prior to the modern age laughter raised passions and activated the body to sweat and shake. Derision was not distinguished from joy. Deceiving the senses by tricks or funny stories made all people laugh loudly, regardless of class. Johan Verberckmoes describes, in this innovating book, the hotchpotch of comic images and stories in 'Flandes' during the rule of the Spanish Habsburgs, from 1500 to 1700. It challenges the Bakhtinian idea of a caesura in the history of laughter around 1600.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349271764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Prior to the modern age laughter raised passions and activated the body to sweat and shake. Derision was not distinguished from joy. Deceiving the senses by tricks or funny stories made all people laugh loudly, regardless of class. Johan Verberckmoes describes, in this innovating book, the hotchpotch of comic images and stories in 'Flandes' during the rule of the Spanish Habsburgs, from 1500 to 1700. It challenges the Bakhtinian idea of a caesura in the history of laughter around 1600.
Historical Behavioural Sciences
Author: H. F. M. Peeters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Library of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
Maupassant: Choix de Contes
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107661927
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
First published in 1952 as the third edition of a 1945 original, this book contains the French text of 20 contes by Maupassant. The stories are prefaced by a biographical and critical introduction by Professor Green, in which he deals with the history of the conte in French literature. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Maupassant or French prose writing more generally.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107661927
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
First published in 1952 as the third edition of a 1945 original, this book contains the French text of 20 contes by Maupassant. The stories are prefaced by a biographical and critical introduction by Professor Green, in which he deals with the history of the conte in French literature. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Maupassant or French prose writing more generally.
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description