The Development of English Humour: Pt. 1. From the Early Times to the RenascenceMacmillan, 1930 - 160 Seiten |
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... Elements in Jonson's Early Comedy , 1911 . " The words which Chaucer uses in order to denote his idea of comic inventiveness , are none the less interesting : " Touchinge this cherl , they seyde , subtiltee ... And heigh wit made him ...
... Elements in Jonson's Early Comedy , 1911 . " The words which Chaucer uses in order to denote his idea of comic inventiveness , are none the less interesting : " Touchinge this cherl , they seyde , subtiltee ... And heigh wit made him ...
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... elements , and of his whole reaction to life , does not need to be ex- plained by a fictitious French descent . There never was in France before Chaucer a humorist like him ; there never was one in England either , but a deeper affinity ...
... elements , and of his whole reaction to life , does not need to be ex- plained by a fictitious French descent . There never was in France before Chaucer a humorist like him ; there never was one in England either , but a deeper affinity ...
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... elements , such as the amazing wealth of picturesque words , or the grotesque impudence of the indecency . The final effect is very amusing and high - flav- oured ; but the colourful episode does not eclipse the much more finely shaded ...
... elements , such as the amazing wealth of picturesque words , or the grotesque impudence of the indecency . The final effect is very amusing and high - flav- oured ; but the colourful episode does not eclipse the much more finely shaded ...
Inhalt
HUMOUR AND THE ENGLISH TEM | 1 |
MEDIAEVAL FRENCH HUMOUR | 32 |
HUMOUR IN MIDDLE ENGLISH LITER | 63 |
Urheberrecht | |
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affinity amusement Anglo-Saxon artistic restraint attitude background ballads Beowulf broad Canterbury Tales character Chaucer Chaucer's humour comedy comic concrete Conquest conscious elements English humour English Literature explicit fabliaux farce feeling field of humour flavour fourteenth century France French humour French literature Gavin Douglas genius genuine Gower Guillaume hints humorist humorous expression humour de finesse instance instinct irony J. B. Priestley Jean de Meung kind Kingis Quair less manner mediaeval French ment mental merry England Middle Ages Middle English mind mirth modern humour mood moral mour naïvety natural ness Norman Nun's Priest's Tale original parody perception play pleasantry poem poet popular Prologue Puritan purpose racy realism release remarkable Renascence satire Saxon seems sense shades shrewd slyness soul spirit story subtle supple Tale temper texts theme things thou thought tion tone touch trouvères ture under-statement vein words writers