{"product_id":"silliness-peter-timms-9781743056455","title":"Silliness: A serious history","description":"\u003cp\u003eSilliness is to be savoured. It exposes the cracks in our reasoning, raising a gleeful two-finger salute to convention and common sense. In a world awash with stupidity and cruel politics, silliness is childish, anarchic, mischievous, rude and sometimes shocking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it's not new. This delightful yet informative book reveals the surprisingly rich history of silliness, going all the way back to the madcap plays of Aristophanes in the fourth century BC. Medieval fools and jesters, strange 'epidemics of silliness' in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, and the charming nonsense of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, lead us to the often dark and nihilistic silliness of modern times, including Buster Keaton, Monty Python and 'Cats that Look Like Hitler'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Timms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1743056451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781743056455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Peter Timms","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991834067199,"sku":"9781743056455","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbaa6177-2808-491c-8480-c3883e10531b.jpg?v=1683312500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silliness-peter-timms-9781743056455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}