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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

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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