Jonathan Wilcox (ed.)

Humour in Anglo-Saxon Literature

Herausgeber: Wilcox, Jonathan

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Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a theory of humour in Old English literature, this work includes essays that employ different approaches to explore humor in such works as "Beowulf" and "The Battle of Maldon", the riddles of the "Exeter Book", and Old English saints' lives. The articles are prefaced with an introduction surveying the field.

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 162mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780859915762
• ISBN-10: 085991576X
• Artikelnr.: 21356933

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Wilcox

Inhaltsangabe

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