Lachgemeinschaften
Kulturelle Inszenierungen und soziale Wirkungen von Gelächter im Mittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit
Werner Röcke editor Hans Rudolf Velten editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:De Gruyter
Published:16th Jun '05
Currently unavailable, currently targeted to be due back around 30th December 2025, but could change

The volume presents a collection of studies by internationally acknowledged medievalists on the phenomenon of laughter and its literary, social and emotional functions in the Middle Ages. The papers investigate the forms and representations of laughter in medieval literature and society and inquire into its role in the creation of communities and the depiction of figures in fictional texts.
ISBN: 9783110182361
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 854g
423 pages
Reprint 2010