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Humour in Old English Literature

- Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England
Af: Jonathan Wilcox Engelsk Hardback

Humour in Old English Literature

- Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England
Af: Jonathan Wilcox Engelsk Hardback
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Humour in Old English Literature deploys modern theories of humour to explore the style and content of surviving writing from early medieval England. The book analyses Old English riddles, wisdom literature, runic writing, the deployment of rhymes, and humour in heroic poetry, hagiography, and romance.

Drawing on a fine-tuned understanding of literary technique, the book presents a revisionist view of Old English literature, partly by reclaiming often-neglected texts and partly by uncovering ironies and embarrassments within well-established works, including Beowulf. Most surprisingly, Jonathan Wilcox engages the large body of didactic literature, pinpointing humour in two anonymous homilies along with extensive use in saints’ lives. Each chapter ends by revealing a different audience that would have shared in the laughter.

Wilcox suggests that the humour of Old English literature has been scantily covered in past scholarship because modern readers expect a dour and serious corpus. Humour in Old English Literature aims to break that cycle by highlighting works and moments that are as entertaining now as they were then.

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Humour in Old English Literature deploys modern theories of humour to explore the style and content of surviving writing from early medieval England. The book analyses Old English riddles, wisdom literature, runic writing, the deployment of rhymes, and humour in heroic poetry, hagiography, and romance.

Drawing on a fine-tuned understanding of literary technique, the book presents a revisionist view of Old English literature, partly by reclaiming often-neglected texts and partly by uncovering ironies and embarrassments within well-established works, including Beowulf. Most surprisingly, Jonathan Wilcox engages the large body of didactic literature, pinpointing humour in two anonymous homilies along with extensive use in saints’ lives. Each chapter ends by revealing a different audience that would have shared in the laughter.

Wilcox suggests that the humour of Old English literature has been scantily covered in past scholarship because modern readers expect a dour and serious corpus. Humour in Old English Literature aims to break that cycle by highlighting works and moments that are as entertaining now as they were then.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 358
ISBN-13: 9781487545307
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1487545304
Kategori: Antikken & Middelalder
Udg. Dato: 20 okt 2023
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 238mm
Højde: 161mm
Forlag: University of Toronto Press
Oplagsdato: 20 okt 2023
Forfatter(e): Jonathan Wilcox
Forfatter(e) Jonathan Wilcox

Kategori Antikken & Middelalder

ISBN-13 9781487545307

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 358

Udgave

Længde 32mm

Bredde 238mm

Højde 161mm

Udg. Dato 20 okt 2023

Oplagsdato 20 okt 2023

Forlag University of Toronto Press

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