Humour in Old English Literature: Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England 9781487545307, 9781487545703, 9781487545710, 1487545304

Humour in Old English Literature: Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England 9781487545307, 9781487545703, 9781487545710, 1487545304

Humour in Old English Literature deploys modern theories of humour to explore the style and content of surviving writing

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Ideas of the World in Early Medieval English Literature (Studies in Old English Literature, 1) 9782503599571, 2503599575

Across three thematically-linked sections, this volume charts the development of competing geographical, national, and i

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The Family in Old English Literature

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Bonds of Secrecy: Law, Spirituality, and the Literature of Concealment in Early Medieval England 9780812296846

Bonds of Secrecy illuminates the relationship between human experiences of secrecy and early medieval beliefs about divi

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Humour and Laughter in History: Transcultural Perspectives 3837628582, 9783837628586

Humour can be used as a »weapon« or as a means of coping with problematic historical events, especially in times of war

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Hybridity in the Literature of Medieval England 3031314646, 9783031314643

Hybridity in the Literature of Medieval England offers a wide-ranging exploration of hybridity in medieval English liter

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Language and Community in Early England: Imagining Distance in Medieval Literature 1138676616, 9781138676619

This book examines the development of English as a written vernacular and identifies that development as a process of co

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Uncertain Refuge: Sanctuary in the Literature of Medieval England 9780812298079

Medieval felons could take sanctuary from prosecution in any church, but far from static refuge, sanctuary staged dynami

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Arts of Dying: Literature and Finitude in Medieval England 9780226641041

People in the Middle Ages had chantry chapels, mortuary rolls, the daily observance of the Office of the Dead, and even

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Humour and Laughter in History: Transcultural Perspectives [1. Aufl.] 9783839428580

Humour can be used as a »weapon« or as a means of coping with problematic historical events, especially in times of war

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