Medieval English Comedy

Edited by Paul Hardwick Edited by Sandra Hordis

Book cover: Medieval English Comedy

Extent: 230, 230 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Profane Arts of the Middle Ages

Series volume number: 3

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2007)

ISBN: 9782503524276

Price: $50.00

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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’.

  • Edited by Paul Hardwick
  • Edited by Sandra Hordis