Jonathan Wilcox

Humour in Old English Literature

Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 166mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9781487545307
• ISBN-10: 1487545304
• Artikelnr.: 67611481

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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