A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martha Bayless, Andrew McConnell Stott, Eric Weitz.
• Editors: Bayless, Martha; Stott, Andrew McConnell; Weitz, Eric
• Contents: List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Editor's Acknowledgments Introduction: Comedy in the Middle Ages: Answers and Questions, Martha Bayless (University of Oregon, USA)1. Form: Its Expressions and Manifestations, Olle Ferm (Stockholm University, Sweden) 2. Theory: Comedy Humbled and Exalted, Johan Verberckmoes (KU Leuven, Belgium)3. Praxis: The Location and Performance of Comedy, Katherine A. Brown (University of Notre Dame, USA)4. Identity, John DuVal (University of Arkansas, USA)5. The Body: Unstable, Gendered, Theorized, Susan Signe Morrison (Texas State University, USA)6. Politics: Comic Power, Foolish Men, and Holy Women, Max Harris (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)7. Laughter: A Comedic Approach, Sebastian Coxon (University College London, UK)8. Ethics: Ethical Dimensions of Medieval Comedy, Nicolino Applauso (Loyola University Maryland, USA and Morgan State University, USA)Notes ReferencesIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (232 pages)
• Subjects: Medieval history; Performing arts: comedy; Reference works; Social & cultural history; History -- Reference; History -- Medieval; Performing Arts -- Comedy; Literary Criticism -- Humor; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350187610; 1350187615
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