Medieval English Comedy

by P. Hardwick (Editor), S. Hordis (Editor)

Martha Bayless, Merriment and Entertainment in Anglo-Saxon What is the Evidence?; Christopher Crane, Taking Laughter The Rhetoric of Humor in Middle English Drama, Sermon Exempla and Spiritual Instruction; Paul Hardwick, Making Light of The Pilgrimage Window at York Minster; Dana Symons, Comic Chaucer and Popular Romance; Christian Sheridan, Funny Puns and Currency in the Shipmans Tale; Laurel Broughton, From Buttfaces to Turd Physical Humor in the Margins; Sandra M. Hordis, Gender and Dialogic Laughter in Malorys Morte Darthur; Miriamne Ara Krummel, Getting Uneasy Laughter in The Play of the Sacrament; Peter G. Beidler, Realistic Stage Comedy in Chaucers Millers Tale; Elaine C. Block, Fooling Apes and Aping Fools on Misericord Carvings.

230 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2007