Free Download Jonathan Wilcox, "Humour in Old English Literature: Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England"
English | ISBN: 1487545304 | 2023 | 358 pages | PDF | 9 MB
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
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