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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.

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"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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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).

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