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Laughter in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
Language: en
Pages: 864
Authors: Albrecht Classen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-22 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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Despite popular opinions of the ‘dark Middle Ages’ and a ‘gloomy early modern age,’ many people laughed, smiled, giggled, chuckled, entertained and ridi
On Farting
Language: en
Pages: 239
Authors: V. Allen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-24 - Publisher: Springer

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This book presents waste as an aesthetic category that introduces an arsy-versy world where detritus is precious. This aesthetic is applied in the second part t
Comic Medievalism
Language: en
Pages: 222
Authors: Louise D'Arcens
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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The role of laughter and humour in the postmedieval citation, interpretation or recreation of the middle ages has hitherto received little attention, a gap in s
Pleasure and Leisure in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Language: en
Pages: 764
Authors: Albrecht Classen
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-05 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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Jan Huizinga and Roger Caillois have already taught us to realize how important games and play have been for pre-modern civilization. Recent research has begun
East Meets West in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
Language: en
Pages: 827
Authors: Albrecht Classen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-03 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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This new volume explores the surprisingly intense and complex relationships between East and West during the Middle Ages and the early modern world, combining a