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A cultural history of comedy in the middle ages / edited by Martha Bayless.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cultural histories series
- Cultural history of comedy ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comedy--History and criticism.
- Comedy.
- European drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.
- European drama (Comedy).
- Drama & Performance Studies.
- Comedy (Drama).
- Cultural History (History).
- Literary Genres.
- Reference--Drama and Performance.
- Local Subjects:
- Drama & Performance Studies.
- Comedy (Drama).
- Cultural History (History).
- Literary Genres.
- Reference--Drama and Performance.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- Summary:
- Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the themes, practice, and effects of medieval comedy, from the caustic morality of principled satire to the exuberant improprieties of many wildly popular tales of sex and trickery. The analysis includes the most influential authors of the age, such as Chaucer, Boccaccio, Juan Ruiz, and Hrothswitha of Gandersheim, as well as lesser-known works and genres, such as songs of insult, nonsense-texts, satirical church paintings, topical jokes, and obscene pilgrim badges. The analysis touches on most of the literatures of medieval Europe, including a discussion of the formal attitudes toward humor in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions. The volume demonstrates the many ways in which medieval humor could be playful, casual, sophisticated, important, subversive, and even dangerous. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter, and ethics.
- Contents:
- Introduction / by Martha Bayless
- Form / by Olle Ferm
- Theory / by Johan Verberckmoes
- Praxis / by Katherine A. Brown
- Identity / by John DuVal
- The body / by Susan Signe Morrison
- Politics / by Max Harris
- Laughter / by Sebastian Coxon
- Ethics / by Nicolino Applauso.
- Notes:
- Online resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 10 November 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781350187627
- 1350187623
- OCLC:
- 1233046981
- Publisher Number:
- 193781
- 193885
- 193882
- 193887
- 193888
- 193890
- 193893
- 193895
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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