Laughing Histories: From the Renaissance Man to the Woman of Wit

by Joy Wiltenburg

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Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected by gender and social power.

"I dearly love a laugh," declared Jane Austen's heroine Elizabeth Bennet, and her wit won the heart of the aristocratic Mr. Darcy. Yet the widely read Earl of Chesterfield asserted that only "the mob" would laugh out loud; the gentleman should merely smile. This literary...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1032162074

ISBN13:9781032162072

Release Date:June 2022

Publisher:Routledge

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.66 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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