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  1. A Cultural History of Comedy in the Early Modern Age
    Contributor: Stott, Andrew McConnell (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London

    Drawing together scholars with a wide range of expertise across the early modern period, this volume explores the rich field of early modern comedy in all its variety. It argues that early modern comedy was shaped by a series of cultural... more

     

    Drawing together scholars with a wide range of expertise across the early modern period, this volume explores the rich field of early modern comedy in all its variety. It argues that early modern comedy was shaped by a series of cultural transformations that included the emergence of the entertainment industry, the rise of the professional comedian, extended commentaries on the nature of comedy and laughter, and the development of printed jestbooks. It was the prime site from which to satirize a rapidly-changing world and explore the formation of new social relations around questions of gender, authority, identity, and commerce, amongst others. Yet even as it reacted to the novel and the new, comedy also served as a receptacle for the celebration of older social rituals such as May games and seasonal festivities. The result was a complex and contested mix of texts, performances, and concepts providing a deep tradition that abides to this day. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter and ethics. These eight different approaches to early modern comedy add up to an extensive, synoptic coverage of the subject

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Stott, Andrew McConnell (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781350440760
    Series: The Cultural Histories Series
    Subjects: Comedy und Stand-up; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Geschichte; HISTORY / Reference; HISTORY / Renaissance; HISTORY / Social History; LITERARY CRITICISM / Humor; Nachschlagewerke; PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy; Performing arts: comedy; Reference works; Social & cultural history; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
    Scope: 256 Seiten
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    List of IllustrationsNotes on Contributors Series Preface Note on TextsIntroduction, Andrew McConnell Stott (University of Southern California, USA)1. Form, Megan Herrold (University of Southern California, USA)2. Theory, James Loxley (University of Edinburgh, UK)3. Praxis, Lucy Munro (Kings College London, UK)4. Identities, Maya Mathur (University of Mary Washington, USA)5. The Body, Will Stockton (Clemson University, USA)6. Politics and Power, Douglas Bruster (University of Texas at Austin, USA)7. Laughter, Indira Ghose (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) 8. Ethics, Stephen Wisker (Middle Georgia State University, USA)Notes References Index
  2. A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages
    Contributor: Bayless, Martha (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London

    Comedy 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... more

     

    Comedy 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.Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter, and ethics

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Bayless, Martha (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781350440777
    Series: The Cultural Histories Series
    Subjects: Comedy und Stand-up; Geschichte; HISTORY / Medieval; HISTORY / Reference; HISTORY / Social History; LITERARY CRITICISM / Humor; Medieval history; Nachschlagewerke; PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy; Performing arts: comedy; Reference works; Social & cultural history; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
    Scope: 232 Seiten
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    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 ReferencesIndex
  3. A Cultural History of Comedy in the Modern Age
    Contributor: Peacock, Louise (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London

    Drawing together contributions by scholars from a variety of fields, including theater, film and television, sociology, and visual culture, this volume explores the range and diversity of comedic performance and comic forms in the modern age. It... more

     

    Drawing together contributions by scholars from a variety of fields, including theater, film and television, sociology, and visual culture, this volume explores the range and diversity of comedic performance and comic forms in the modern age. It covers a range of forms and examples from 1920 to the present day, including plays, film, television comedy, live comedy, and comedy on social media. It argues that the period covered was marked by an explosion of comic forms and a flowering of comic creativity across a range of media. From the communal watching of silent films at the start of the period, to the use of Twitter and other online platforms to share and comment on comedy, technology has brought about significant changes in its form, consumption, and social effects. As comic forms have shifted and developed, so too have attitudes to what comedy can and cannot do. This study considers its role in entertainment and in provoking consideration of a range of social and political topics. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter, and ethics. These eight different approaches to comedy add up to an extensive, synoptic coverage of the subject

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Peacock, Louise (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781350440838
    Series: The Cultural Histories Series
    Subjects: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Comedy und Stand-up; Geschichte; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; HISTORY / Reference; HISTORY / Social History; LITERARY CRITICISM / Humor; Nachschlagewerke; PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy; Performing arts: comedy; Reference works; Social & cultural history; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
    Scope: 240 Seiten
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    List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Introduction, Louise Peacock (De Montfort University, UK) 1. Form, Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK) 2. Theory, Peter Buse (University of Liverpool, UK) 3. Praxis: If You Laugh at Something, Then I ll Potentially Keep It : The Praxis of Live Comedy, Oliver Double (University of Kent, UK) 4. Identity: Laughs Last-Gender, Power, and Comic Identity, Joanne Gilbert (Alma College, USA) 5. The Body, Louise Peacock (De Montfort University, UK) 6. Politics and Power, Chris Vognar (Independent scholar, USA) 7. Laughter, Eric Weitz (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) 8. Ethics, Michael Pickering (Loughborough University, UK) Notes References Index