Laughing histories : from the renaissance man to the woman of wit

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Laughing histories : from the renaissance man to the woman of wit

Joy Wiltenburg

Routledge, 2022

  • : hbk

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Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)

Summary: "Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected by gender and social power. With its study of laughter in relation to power, aggression, gender, sex, class, and social bonding, Laughing Histories is perfect for readers interested in the history of emotions, cultural history, gender history, and literature"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index

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  • Introduction: Laughter and early modern Europe
  • Laughter and power : the politics of laughter
  • The laughter of aggression : Benvenuto Cellini
  • The laughter of social bonding : Felix Platter
  • Laughter, gender, and sex : Dorothy Osborne
  • Courtly laughter : Madame de Sévigné
  • Laughter and the rising man : Samuel Pepys
  • Laughter as social commodity : Hester Thrale and friends
  • Coda: The lessons of laughter
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