The Development of English HumorAMS Press, 1965 - 421 Seiten |
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... Chaucer's humor is certainly modeled to a large extent on the pattern of the humor de finesse , which French literature had developed before him . He is the decisive , the supreme test of the bond of kinship between fourteenth - century ...
... Chaucer's humor is certainly modeled to a large extent on the pattern of the humor de finesse , which French literature had developed before him . He is the decisive , the supreme test of the bond of kinship between fourteenth - century ...
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... Chaucer has written poems Of great morality , Some of disport , including great sentence.3 Among the Scottish poets , Henryson comes nearest to a per- ception of Chaucer's unique gift , since he pays him the com- pliment of linking up ...
... Chaucer has written poems Of great morality , Some of disport , including great sentence.3 Among the Scottish poets , Henryson comes nearest to a per- ception of Chaucer's unique gift , since he pays him the com- pliment of linking up ...
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... Chaucer's influence . But in a most re- markable way , they are not indebted to Chaucer for their hu- mor . This is a native growth , racy of the soil , and the vein of which , with them , answers to the more popular tone of their ...
... Chaucer's influence . But in a most re- markable way , they are not indebted to Chaucer for their hu- mor . This is a native growth , racy of the soil , and the vein of which , with them , answers to the more popular tone of their ...
Inhalt
THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD | 3 |
MEDIEVAL FRENCH HUMOR | 21 |
HUMOR IN MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE | 40 |
Urheberrecht | |
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A. C. Bradley absurdity amusement artistic aspect attitude Beowulf Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer comedy comic conceits conscious contrast critics cynical Don Quixote dramatic elements England English humor English literature episode Euphuism expression fact Falstaff fancy farce feeling flavor fool France French genius genuine humor gift gives Hamlet Henry IV hints humorist Ibid implicit indirect instance instinct intellectual intent intuition irony jokes Jonson's kind laugh laughter less literary Love's Labour's Lost manner matter meaning medieval mental merry merry England method Middle English mind mirth mood moral nature ness original paradox parody perception personality play pleasantry poem poet poetry popular psychological Puritan purpose Rabelais racy realism remark Renaissance Samuel Butler satire scene sense serious shade Shakespeare's shows shrewd significant slyness soul spirit stage subtle temper theme things thought tion tone tradition tragedy truth vein verve whole writer