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portada A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages (The Cultural Histories Series)
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Physical Book
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Language
English
Pages
232
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781350440777

A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages (The Cultural Histories Series)

Bayless Martha,Stott Andrew Mcconnell,Weitz Eric (Author) · Bloomsbury Academic · Paperback

A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages (The Cultural Histories Series) - Bayless Martha,Stott Andrew Mcconnell,Weitz Eric

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Synopsis "A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages (The Cultural Histories Series)"

Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the themes, practice, and effects of medieval comedy, from the caustic morality of principled satire to the exuberant improprieties of many wildly popular tales of sex and trickery. The analysis includes the most influential authors of the age, such as Chaucer, Boccaccio, Juan Ruiz, and Hrothswitha of Gandersheim, as well as lesser-known works and genres, such as songs of insult, nonsense-texts, satirical church paintings, topical jokes, and obscene pilgrim badges. The analysis touches on most of the literatures of medieval Europe, including a discussion of the formal attitudes toward humor in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions. The volume demonstrates the many ways in which medieval humor could be playful, casual, sophisticated, important, subversive, and even dangerous. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter, and ethics.

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