Medieval English Comedy

by Hordis, Sandra M.; Hardwick, Paul

• ISBN13: 9782503524276
• ISBN10: 2503524273
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-30
• Publisher: Isd

Summary

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'.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
'Humour and the Comic in Anglo-Saxon England'	p. 13
'Superior Incongruity: Derisive and Sympathetic Comedy in Middle English Drama and Homiletic Exempla'	p. 31
'Making Light of Devotion: The Pilgrimage Window in York Minster'	p. 61
'Comic Pleasures: Chaucer and Popular Romance'	p. 83
'Funny Money: Puns and Currency in the Shipman's Tale'	p. 111
'Joan's Drolleries: Humour in the Margins of Fitzwilliam MS 242'	p. 125
'Gender Anxiety and Dialogic Laughter in Malory's Morte Darthur'	p. 145
'Getting Even: Social Control and Uneasy Laughter in The Play of the Sacrament'	p. 171
'From Snickers to Laughter: Believable Comedy in Chaucer's Miller's Tale'	p. 195
'Musical Comedy in the Medieval Choir: England'	p. 209
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