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Medieval English comedy / edited by Sandra M. Hordis & Paul Hardwick.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Profane arts of the Middle Ages (Turnhout, Belgium)
- Profane arts of the Middle Ages
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--To 1500--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- English drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.
- English drama (Comedy).
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--Themes, motives.
- Humor in literature.
- Art, Medieval--England--Themes, motives.
- Art, Medieval.
- Wit and humor in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrarions.
- Place of Publication:
- Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2007]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Table of contents: Martha Bayless, 'Merriment and Entertainment in Anglo-Saxon England: What is the Evidence?'; Christopher Crane, 'Taking Laughter Seriously: The Rhetoric of Humor in Middle English Drama, Sermon Exempla and Spiritual Instruction'; Paul Hardwick, 'Making Light of Devotion: The Pilgrimage Window at York Minster'; Dana Symons, 'Comic Pleasures: Chaucer and Popular Romance'; Christian Sheridan, 'Funny Money: Puns and Currency in the Shipman's Tale'; Laurel Broughton, 'From Buttfaces to Turd Bowling: Physical Humor in the Margins'; Sandra M. Hordis, 'Gender and Dialogic Laughter in Malory's Morte Darthur'; Miriamne Ara Krummel, 'Getting Even: Uneasy Laughter in The Play of the Sacrament'; Peter G. Beidler, 'Realistic Stage Comedy in Chaucer's Miller's Tale'; Elaine C. Block, 'Fooling Apes and Aping Fools on Misericord Carvings'
- Contents:
- Humour and the comic in Anglo-Saxon England / Martha Bayless
- Superior incongruity : derisive and sympathetic comedy in Middle English drama and homiletic exempla / Christopher Crane
- Making light of devotion : the pilgrimage window in York Minster / Paul Hardwick
- Comic pleasures : Chaucer and popular romance / Dana M. Symons
- Funny money : puns and currency in the Shipman's tale / Christian Sheridan
- Joan's drolleries : humour in the margins of Fitzwilliam MS 242 / Laurel Broughton
- Gender anxiety and dialogic laughter in Malory's Morte darthur / Sandra M. Hordis
- Getting even : social control and uneasy laughter in The play of the sacrament / Mariamne Ara Krummel
- From snickers to laughter : believable comedy in Chaucer's Miller's tale / Peter G. Beidler
- Musical comedy in the medieval choir : England / Elaine C. Block with Frédéric Billiet.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 2-503-53824-X
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