{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-comedy-martha-bayless-9781350000728","title":"A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eComedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the themes, practice, and effects of medieval comedy, from the caustic morality of principled satire to the exuberant improprieties of many wildly popular tales of sex and trickery. The analysis includes the most influential authors of the age, such as Chaucer, Boccaccio, Juan Ruiz, and Hrothswitha of Gandersheim, as well as lesser-known works and genres, such as songs of insult, nonsense-texts, satirical church paintings, topical jokes, and obscene pilgrim badges. The analysis touches on most of the literatures of medieval Europe, including a discussion of the formal attitudes toward humor in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions. The volume demonstrates the many ways in which medieval humor could be playful, casual, sophisticated, important, subversive, and even dangerous. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter, and ethics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martha Bayless\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350000728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350000728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.65w x 0.64d","brand":"Martha Bayless","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072924086527,"sku":"9781350000728","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9db5751-3398-48b6-a979-2ebce01521ab.jpg?v=1685444748","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-comedy-martha-bayless-9781350000728","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}