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Martha Bayless is Professor of Medieval Studies and director of the Folklore and Public Culture Program at the University of Oregon, USA.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Editor’s Acknowledgments Introduction: Comedy in the Middle Ages: Answers and Questions, Martha Bayless (University of Oregon, USA) 1. Form: Its Expressions and Manifestations, Olle Ferm (Stockholm University, Sweden) 2. Theory: Comedy Humbled and Exalted, Johan Verberckmoes (KU Leuven, Belgium) 3. Praxis: The Location and Performance of Comedy, Katherine A. Brown (University of Notre Dame, USA) 4. Identity, John DuVal (University of Arkansas, USA) 5. The Body: Unstable, Gendered, Theorized, Susan Signe Morrison (Texas State University, USA) 6. Politics: Comic Power, Foolish Men, and Holy Women, Max Harris (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 7. Laughter: A Comedic Approach, Sebastian Coxon (University College London, UK) 8. Ethics: Ethical Dimensions of Medieval Comedy, Nicolino Applauso (Loyola University Maryland, USA and Morgan State University, USA) Notes References Index

A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
      Published 17 November 2022
      ISBN-13 9781350000728
      978-1350000728
      ISBN-10 1350000728
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      Comedy and stand-up

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Martha Bayless is Professor of Medieval Studies and director of the Folklore and Public Culture Program at the University of Oregon, USA.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Editor’s Acknowledgments Introduction: Comedy in the Middle Ages: Answers and Questions, Martha Bayless (University of Oregon, USA) 1. Form: Its Expressions and Manifestations, Olle Ferm (Stockholm University, Sweden) 2. Theory: Comedy Humbled and Exalted, Johan Verberckmoes (KU Leuven, Belgium) 3. Praxis: The Location and Performance of Comedy, Katherine A. Brown (University of Notre Dame, USA) 4. Identity, John DuVal (University of Arkansas, USA) 5. The Body: Unstable, Gendered, Theorized, Susan Signe Morrison (Texas State University, USA) 6. Politics: Comic Power, Foolish Men, and Holy Women, Max Harris (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 7. Laughter: A Comedic Approach, Sebastian Coxon (University College London, UK) 8. Ethics: Ethical Dimensions of Medieval Comedy, Nicolino Applauso (Loyola University Maryland, USA and Morgan State University, USA) Notes References Index

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