Humour in Anglo-Saxon Literature

Essays lay the groundwork for a theory of humour in Old English literature.

List of contents

Byrhtnoth's Laughter and the Poetics of Gesture - John D. Niles
'Grim Word-Play': Folly and Wisdom in Anglo-Saxon Humor - T A Shippey
Humor, Wordplay, and Semantic Resonance in Beowulf - Raymond P Tripp Jr
Heroic Humor in Beowulf - E L Risden
Humor in Hiding: Laughter Between the Sheets in the Exeter Book Riddles - D K Smith
Sexual Humor and Fettered Desire in Exeter Book Riddle 12 - Nina Rulon-Miller
'Why do you speak so much foolishness?' Gender, Humor, and Discourse in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Shari Horner
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven: Humorous Incongruity in Old English Saints' Lives - Hugh Magennis

About the author

Jonathan Wilcox

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Wilcox
• Assisted by: Jonathan Wilcox (Editor), Jonathan (Author) Wilcox (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2000
• EAN: 9780859915762
• ISBN: 978-0-85991-576-2
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 244 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 467 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literature - Classics / Criticism