An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Description: viii, 230 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: English wit and humor --History and criticism --Oral communication --England --History --16th century --17th century --English language --Early modern, 1500-1700 --Rhetoric --Courtesy books --Courts and courtiers in literature --Rhetoric, Renaissance --England --Fools and jesters in literature --Jestbooks, English --History. Series: Studies in rhetoric/communication 3 Kg.

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Title: Mirth Making : the Rhetorical Discourse on Jesting in Early Modern England / Chris Holcomb
Publisher: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1570033978
ISBN 13: 9781570033971
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Weight: 3 kilograms

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Book by Chris Holcomb

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Chris Holcomb is an assistant professor of English at Texas A&M University in College Station.

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