ISBN:
9783837625936
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (222 S.)
Series Statement:
Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen 11
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. History and humour
Keywords:
Popular History, Humour, Historical Culture, Caricature, Media, Memory Culture, Cultural History, British Studies, American Studies, Cultural Studies
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Großbritannien
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USA
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Geschichtsdarstellung
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Humor
Abstract:
Main description: 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.
Abstract:
Biographical note: Barbara Korte is professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Doris Lechner is researching popular history in Victorian family magazines for her PhD in English Studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
Abstract:
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. 〈b〉Reihe〈/b〉 Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures - Band 11
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover History and Humour British and American Perspectives ; Contents; History and Humour Charting the Field; The Persistent Regency: The Presence of the Past in Victorian Illustrated Comic Literature; Richard Doyle's Comic Histories: A Victorian Look at the Middle Ages; History ›from below‹ Stanley Holloway's Monologues for the Variety Stage; Merrying the Monarch: Charles II in Historical Comedies (1800 to the Present); On Boots, Beef, and Blackadder: The Comic Historiography of the Duke of Wellington
Description / Table of Contents:
We ARE Amused! The Comical Uses and Historical Abuses of Queen Victoria's Infamous Reproach ›We are not amused‹The Old World and the New: Negotiating Past, Present, and Future in Anglo-American Humour, 1880-1900; ›There Wont Be Inny Show Tonite‹: Humoring the Returns of Scopic Violence in Suzan-Lori Parks's Venus; Geoff Hurst's Ball: Popular Tabloids and Humour on the Dark Side; List of Contributors; Index
Note:
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