| Medieval English Comedy Contributor(s): Hardwick, Paul (Editor), Hordis, Sandra (Editor) |
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ISBN: 2503524273 ISBN-13: 9782503524276 Publisher: Brepols Publishers OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2007 Annotation: 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 Shipmans Tale; Laurel Broughton, From Buttfaces to Turd Bowling: Physical Humor in the Margins; Sandra M. Hordis, Gender and Dialogic Laughter in Malorys Morte Darthur; Miriamne Ara Krummel, Getting Even: Uneasy Laughter in The Play of the Sacrament; Peter G. Beidler, Realistic Stage Comedy in Chaucers Millers Tale; Elaine C. Block, Fooling Apes and Aping Fools on Misericord Carvings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Medieval - History | Europe - Medieval - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 822.052 |
| Series: Profane Arts of the Middle Ages |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.5" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 230 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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'. |