Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Korte, Barbara[Herausgeber]
• Lechner, Doris[Herausgeber]

Titel

History and Humour : British and American Perspectives

Ist Teil von

• Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures : 11

Auflage

1st ed

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 1 Editorial 2 Contents 5 History and Humour 7 The Persistent Regency 21 Richard Doyle's Comic Histories 47 History ›from below‹ 69 Merrying the Monarch 87 On Boots, Beef, and Blackadder 111 We ARE Amused! 133 The Old World and the New 151 ›There Wont Be Inny Show Tonite‹ 171 Geoff Hurst's Ball 193 List of Contributors 211 Index 215
• One tends to associate history with serious modes of presentation rather than with humorous ones. Yet Clio also smiles and laughs out loud: Comic renderings of historical events and figures have made a significant contribution to »popular« history since around 1800. This volume offers case studies on history and humour in Britain and the US from 1800 to the present, discussing various historical topics, actors and events from the Middle Ages to the recent past.
• »Die Beiträge des Bandes sind z.T. zwar sehr speziell, aber durchweg gelungen. Ihr besonderes Verdienst liegt in der Schließung einer Forschungslücke.« Rainer Wehse, Fabula, 56/1-2 (2015) »Ein wohltuend bescheiden auftretender Band, dessen Beiträge durchweg Interessantes und Unbekanntes zutage fördern. Dass man dabei oft schmunzelt und bisweilen sogar lacht, macht das Buch zu einem Lesevergnügen.« Tobias Becker, Neue Politische Literatur, 59 (2014) »All in all this is an attractive volume containing a wide-ranging and noteworthy assortment of contributions.« John Parkin, HUMOR, 27 (2014)
• Barbara Korte is professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
• Doris Lechner is research officer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and co-founder of the Book History and Print Culture Network (D-A-CH).
• English