Comic Medievalism: Laughing at the Middle Ages

by Louise D'Arcens

First full-length critical study of humour in medievalism.

The role of laughter and humour in the postmedieval citation, interpretation or recreation of the middle ages has hitherto received little attention, a gap in scholarship which this book aims to fill. Examining a wide range of comic texts and practices across several centuries, from Don Quixote and early Chaucerian modernisation through to Victorian theatre, the Monty Python films,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843844788
• ISBN13: 9781843844785
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"