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Beschreibung

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

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

Über den Autor
Jonathan Wilcox is a professor of English at the University of Iowa.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika, Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781487545307
ISBN-10: 1487545304
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Wilcox, Jonathan
Hersteller: University of Toronto Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 237 x 166 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Jonathan Wilcox
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.02.2024
Gewicht: 0,67 kg
Artikel-ID: 126712443