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ISBN/UID: 9780813942018
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Edition Pub Date: 15 April 2019
Description
Unveiling the nearly lost world of the court fools of eighteenth-century Germany, Dorinda Outram shows that laughter was an essential instrument of power. Whether jovial or cruel, mirth altered social and political relations. Outram takes us first...
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184 pages • missing pub info (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780813942018
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Edition Pub Date: 15 April 2019
Description
Unveiling the nearly lost world of the court fools of eighteenth-century Germany, Dorinda Outram shows that laughter was an essential instrument of power. Whether jovial or cruel, mirth altered social and political relations. Outram takes us first...