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Greek Laughter
Taschenbuch von Stephen Halliwell
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
Shows how the theme of laughter can shed light on ancient Greek ethical values and attitudes to life.
Shows how the theme of laughter can shed light on ancient Greek ethical values and attitudes to life.
Über den Autor
Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek at the University of St Andrews. His most recent book, The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems (2002), has been awarded an international prize, the 'Premio Europeo d'Estetica' for 2008.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Inside and outside morality: the laughter of Homeric gods and men; 3. Sympotic elation and resistance to death; 4. Ritual laughter and the renewal of life; 5. Aischrology, shame and Old Comedy; 6. Greek philosophy and the ethics of ridicule; 7. Greek laughter and the problem of the absurd; 8. The intermittencies of laughter in Menander's social world; 9. Lucian and the laughter of life and death; 10. Laughter denied, laughter deferred: the antigelastic tendencies of early Christianity; Appendix 1. The Greek (body) language of laughter and smiles; Appendix 2. Gelastic faces in visual art.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780521717748
ISBN-10: 0521717744
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Halliwell, Stephen
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 34 mm
Von/Mit: Stephen Halliwell
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.08.2018
Gewicht: 0,901 kg
Artikel-ID: 101826855
Über den Autor
Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek at the University of St Andrews. His most recent book, The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems (2002), has been awarded an international prize, the 'Premio Europeo d'Estetica' for 2008.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Inside and outside morality: the laughter of Homeric gods and men; 3. Sympotic elation and resistance to death; 4. Ritual laughter and the renewal of life; 5. Aischrology, shame and Old Comedy; 6. Greek philosophy and the ethics of ridicule; 7. Greek laughter and the problem of the absurd; 8. The intermittencies of laughter in Menander's social world; 9. Lucian and the laughter of life and death; 10. Laughter denied, laughter deferred: the antigelastic tendencies of early Christianity; Appendix 1. The Greek (body) language of laughter and smiles; Appendix 2. Gelastic faces in visual art.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780521717748
ISBN-10: 0521717744
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Halliwell, Stephen
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 34 mm
Von/Mit: Stephen Halliwell
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.08.2018
Gewicht: 0,901 kg
Artikel-ID: 101826855
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