{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-comedy-andrew-mcconnell-stott-9781350000827","title":"A Cultural History of Comedy: Volumes 1-6","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow has our expression, use and reception of comedy developed from antiquity to the present day? What role has it occupied in Western culture, and what can it tell us about how society has changed? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a work that spans 2,500 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 55 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. The volumes describe various manifestations of comedy, its use in religion, theatre and literature, and its historical and philosophical significance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndividual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe six volumes cover: \u003c\/b\u003e1. - Antiquity (500 BCE - 1000 AD); 2. - Middle Ages (1000 - 1400); 3. - Early Modern Age (1400 - 1650); 4. - Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. - Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6. - Modern Age (1920 - present). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThemes (and chapter titles) are: Form; Theory; Praxis; Identities; The Body; Politics and Power; Laughter; and Ethics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe page extent is approximately 1,824pp with c. 250 illustrations. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors, a series preface and an introduction, and concludes with Notes, Bibliography and an Index. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cultural Histories Series\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e is part of \u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Histories\u003c\/i\u003e Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew McConnell Stott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350000825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350000827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Other\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot available to be shipped via Media Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew McConnell Stott","offers":[{"title":"Other","offer_id":46545763500287,"sku":"9781350000827","price":610.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d674208-2cea-463c-97f4-e168fef54b02.jpg?v=1738183262","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-comedy-andrew-mcconnell-stott-9781350000827","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}