Mirth making
Subtitle: the rhetorical discourse on jesting in early modern England
By: Chris Holcomb.
Series: Studies in rhetoric/communication
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: English wit and humor -- History and criticism.; Oral communication -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Oral communication -- England -- History -- 17th century.; English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Rhetoric.; Courtesy books -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Courtesy books -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Courts and courtiers in literature.; Rhetoric, Renaissance -- England.; Fools and jesters in literature.; Jestbooks, English -- History.
Description: viii, 230 p. ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-216) and index.