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- catalog abstract "Sudden Glory presents the history of one of the most evanescent but powerful forms of human expression - laughter. Here is the first book to look not at humor or comedy, but it laughter itself - and specifically at the way laughter evolved into an effective weapon for political subversion. Barry Sanders asks What did people laugh at? And why? What was the Church's attitude? The Rabbis'? Who could do it, when, and at whom? When did the joke first appear? Sudden Glory records the changes in attitudes toward laughter from the ancient world down to the present, with specific emphasis on cultural shifts from the late Middle Ages, when the Church's reach into the realm of the body was felt throughout society, through the end of the eighteenth century, when only deviants and derelicts laughed freely. Along the way, Sanders imagines the voices of women and peasants, whose laughter often went unrecorded, but surely not unheard. Sanders concludes with a brilliant chapter on contemporary laughter, beginning with "sick" comic Lenny Bruce (with whom he was personally acquainted), and ending with women stand-up comics, who seem to be finding their voices while male comics are mired in adolescent shtick. Sudden Glory, which contains an extensive bibliography on the subject of laughter, is an important study from one of our most penetrating and playful public intellectuals.".
- catalog contributor b8095627.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-318) and index.".
- catalog description "Sanders concludes with a brilliant chapter on contemporary laughter, beginning with "sick" comic Lenny Bruce (with whom he was personally acquainted), and ending with women stand-up comics, who seem to be finding their voices while male comics are mired in adolescent shtick. Sudden Glory, which contains an extensive bibliography on the subject of laughter, is an important study from one of our most penetrating and playful public intellectuals.".
- catalog description "Sudden Glory presents the history of one of the most evanescent but powerful forms of human expression - laughter. Here is the first book to look not at humor or comedy, but it laughter itself - and specifically at the way laughter evolved into an effective weapon for political subversion. Barry Sanders asks What did people laugh at? And why? What was the Church's attitude? The Rabbis'? Who could do it, when, and at whom? When did the joke first appear? Sudden Glory records the changes in attitudes toward laughter from the ancient world down to the present, with specific emphasis on cultural shifts from the late Middle Ages, when the Church's reach into the realm of the body was felt throughout society, through the end of the eighteenth century, when only deviants and derelicts laughed freely. Along the way, Sanders imagines the voices of women and peasants, whose laughter often went unrecorded, but surely not unheard.".
- catalog description "The Hebrews: "sacred discontent" -- The ancient world: divine origins of laughter -- The Greek philosophers: ridicule kills -- The rhetoricians and the beginnings of fiction -- Medieval life and laughter -- Chaucer punches the first joke home -- Let no air escape; or, the renaissance has the last hahahae! -- Sick, sick, sick. and yet he is not ill.".
- catalog extent "xv, 328 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Sudden glory.".
- catalog identifier "0807062049 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sudden glory.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Beacon Press,".
- catalog relation "Sudden glory.".
- catalog subject "809.7 20".
- catalog subject "Laughter History.".
- catalog subject "PN6147 .S26 1995".
- catalog subject "Social norms in literature.".
- catalog subject "Wit and humor History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Wit and humor History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Hebrews: "sacred discontent" -- The ancient world: divine origins of laughter -- The Greek philosophers: ridicule kills -- The rhetoricians and the beginnings of fiction -- Medieval life and laughter -- Chaucer punches the first joke home -- Let no air escape; or, the renaissance has the last hahahae! -- Sick, sick, sick. and yet he is not ill.".
- catalog title "Sudden glory : laughter as subversive history / Barry Sanders.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".