History and Humour: British and American Perspectives

Published by transcript Verlag 2013

History and Humour

British and American Perspectives

Edited by: Barbara Korte and Doris Lechner

Volume 11 in the series Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures

https://doi.org/10.1515/transcript.9783839425930

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

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).

Reviews

»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)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Editorial Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	2
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
History and Humour Charting the Field Barbara Korte and Doris Lechner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
The Persistent Regency The Presence of the Past in Victorian Illustrated Comic Literature Brian Maidment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Richard Doyle’s Comic Histories A Victorian Look at the Middle Ages Sandra Martina Schwab Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
History ›from below‹ Stanley Holloway’s Monologues for the Variety Stage Stefanie Lethbridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Merrying the Monarch Charles II in Historical Comedies (1800 to the Present) Dorothea Flothow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
On Boots, Beef, and Blackadder The Comic Historiography of the Duke of Wellington Ulrike Zimmermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
We ARE Amused! The Comical Uses and Historical Abuses of Queen Victoria’s Infamous Reproach ›We are not amused‹ DUNCAN Marks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
The Old World and the New Negotiating Past, Present, and Future in Anglo-American Humour, 1880-1900 Bob Nicholson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
›There Wont Be Inny Show Tonite‹ Humoring the Returns of Scopic Violence in Suzan-Lori Parks’s Venus Irvin J. Hunt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Geoff Hurst’s Ball Popular Tabloids and Humour on the Dark Side Martin Conboy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 222
Keywords: Humour; Historical Culture; Caricature; Media; Memory Culture; Cultural History; British Studies; American Studies; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: March 27, 2014
ISBN: 9783839425930