This handbook addresses the methodological problems and theoretical
challenges that arise in attempting to understand and represent
humour in specific historical contexts across cultural history. It
explores problems involved in applying modern theories of humour to
historically-distant contexts of humour and points to the
importance of recognising the divergent assumptions made by
different academic disciplines when approaching the topic. It
explores problems of terminology, identification, classification,
subjectivity of viewpoint, and the coherence of the object of
study. It addresses specific theories, together with the needs of
specific historical case-studies, as well as some of the challenges
of presenting historical humour to contemporary audiences through
translation and curation. In this way, the handbook aims to
encourage a fresh exploration of methodological problems involved
in studying the various significances both of the history of humour
and of humour in history.
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