How to Tell a Joke (eBook)

An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
328 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21107-7 (ISBN)

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Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audienceCan jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome's greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one of antiquity's funniest people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state, his enemies even started calling him "e;the stand-up Consul."e; How to Tell a Joke provides a lively new translation of Cicero's essential writing on humor alongside that of the later Roman orator and educator Quintilian. The result is a timeless practical guide to how a well-timed joke can win over any audience.As powerful as jokes can be, they are also hugely risky. The line between a witty joke and an offensive one isn't always clear. Cross it and you'll look like a clown, or worse. Here, Cicero and Quintilian explore every aspect of telling jokes-while avoiding costly mistakes. Presenting the sections on humor in Cicero's On the Ideal Orator and Quintilian's The Education of the Orator, complete with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Tell a Joke examines the risks and rewards of humor and analyzes basic types that readers can use to write their own jokes.Filled with insight, wit, and examples, including more than a few lawyer jokes, How to Tell a Joke will appeal to anyone interested in humor or the art of public speaking.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.3.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
• Reihe/Serie: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
• Übersetzer: Michael Fontaine
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
• Schlagworte: Acidinus • Aesop's fables • Allegory • Ambiguity • Ancient Rhetoric • ancient writing on humor • Anecdote • author • Battle of Pydna • Bullying • Calvus • Cassius Severus • catiline • Cato the Younger • Chrysippus (mythology) • chutzpah • Cicero • Cincius • classics • Clodius • Comedy • Congiarium • Crass • deadpan • Demosthenes • Denarius • De Oratore • Disfigurement • Dolabella • Domitius Afer • Domitius Marsus • Eloquence • Ennius • Fabius Maximus • Figure of Speech • Flaccus • freedman • freedom of speech • Gaius Gracchus • Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus • Glaucia • Gnaeus (praenomen) • how to make a speech • Humor • Humour • hyperbole • Idiot • Institutio Oratoria • Irony • jester • Joel Stein • Joke • Jokes • Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious • Junius Bassus • laughter • Laughter in Ancient Rome • Lentulus • Livius Salinator • Lockdown (Transformers) • Lucius Licinius Crassus • Lucius Manlius (Acidinus) • Lyrics • Macrobius • making a speech • Marcus Caelius • Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger • Mark Antony • mary beard • mcmansion • Murena (comic book) • Naevius • narrative • newspeak • Nickname • obscenity • Odysseus • Oileus • oldest books on humor • old jokes • Persuasion • Philosopher • Phormio • Phormio (play) • Plautus • Plutarch • Poetry • Princeton University Press • Prosecutor • proverb • Public speaking • Pun • Quintilian • Quintus Ligarius • rhetoric • rhetorical devices • ridicule • Roman Empire • Rutilius • Satire • scaevola • Scipio Aemilianus • Scipio Africanus • seriousness • shtick • sketch comedy • Speechmaking • Stand up • stupidity • Suggestion • terence • The Other Hand • Tiberius Gracchus • toastmasters • Translation (rhetoric device) • Translations • Trojan War • urbanity • Verres • Wit
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21107-8 / 0691211078
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21107-7 / 9780691211077