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Humour in Dutch Culture of the Golden Age Book

The humorous side of Dutch culture of the 17th century is obscured by a change that took place around 1670. Religious treatises and books of manners warning against laughter contributed to a new image, that of the humorless Calvinist Dutch. Based on a manuscript containing some 2000 jokes, the lost laughter of the Golden Age is reconstructed and analyzed. Most jokes are crude and obscene, and they throw a new light on attitudes towards sexuality, religion, and other aspects of life.Read More

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  • 0333746740
  • 9780333746745
  • Rudolf Dekker
  • 3 April 2001
  • Palgrave Macmillan
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 200
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