Humour in Old English Literature - Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England

This book explores the technique and significance of humour in Old English literature, including riddles, rhymes, the heroic, the hagiographic, and more.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Old English Literature and Humour
1. Risible Riddles and Witty Wisdom: The Appeal of Playful Puzzles 
2. Laughing at Letters: Runic Riddles and Riddling Runes
3. Metrical Mirth: Sonorous Sounds and Rambunctious Rhymes
4. Heroic Humour: Comic Insouciance and Embarrassments of Etiquette
5. Playing with Parody to Comic Effect
6. Homiletic Humour: Christian Laughter and Clerical Satire 
7. Hagiographic Humour: Decorous Delight and Full-Throated Funniness 
8. Relishing Romance: Horror and Happiness in Apollonius of Tyre
Conclusion
Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jonathan Wilcox is a professor of English at the University of Iowa.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jonathan Wilcox
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781487545307
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-4530-7
• Seiten: 358
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft