Laughter and Awkwardness in Late Medieval England

Laughter and Awkwardness in Late Medieval England

Social Discomfort in the Literature of the Middle Ages

Watt, David

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

03/2025

208

Mole

9781350375024

15 a 20 dias

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List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Note on Quotations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. When everything goes pear-shaped: Laughter and Awkwardness in Augustine's Confessions
2. Elated or Gassy? Between Affect and Emotion in The Luttrell Psalter
3. May this be true? The Awkwardness of Accepting Grace in Pearl
4. Creating Tension: Laughter and Anger in Cleanness
5. Virtuous even if it Displeases: Patience
6. The Games People Play: Laughter and Belonging in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
7. All Shall Be Well: Laughter and Belonging in Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love
8. Too Much Information? Suggestive Diction in 'I Have a Gentil Cock'
9. Does this stress make me look fat? Awkward Questions in Thomas Hoccleve's La Male Regle
10. You're so vain, you probably think this Psalm is about you: Saving Face in Thomas Hoccleve's Series
11. Great Cause to Laugh: Conversation and Compassion in The Book of Margery Kempe
12. Sing with us, with a merry cheer! The Awkwardness of Going Along With It in Mankind
13. Ever Froward: Standing up for the Audience in The Chester Play of Noah's Flood
14. Disappointing Expectations: Laughter, Awkwardness, and the End of Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur
Conclusion: An Awkward Age?
References
Index
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humour; jokes; funny; british history; embarrassment; literary history; funny texts; folk lore; legends; 15th century; 1600s; Thomas Hoccleve; margery kempe; sir thomas malory