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Medieval Comic Tales Derek Brewer

Medieval Comic Tales By Derek Brewer

Medieval Comic Tales by Derek Brewer


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Summary

Medieval humour revealed in an anthology of 80 tales from England, France, Italy, Germany and Spain.

Medieval Comic Tales Summary

Medieval Comic Tales by Derek Brewer

During the middle ages, a common fund of comic tales circulated throughout Europe. Writers such as Boccaccio, Chaucer, Rabelais and Cervantes drew on this material, and used it for their own purposes, but the brilliant medieval versions also deserve to be known in their own right. They are of great cultural interest and considerable entertainment value, varying from humour to farce, from sophisticated literary parody to blunt crudeness. Piety jostles blasphemy, and sex and death are everywhere good for a joke. The tales presented here, translated into clear modern English by experts in their fields, are from French, Spanish, Dutch, German, medieval Latin, Italian and English.
. Scholars and students and the general reader alike will find the book accessible, useful and enjoyable.

The late DEREK BREWER was Professor Emeritus of English Literature, University of Cambridge.

Medieval Comic Tales Reviews

(reviewed together with Medieval Ghost Stories) Both make a delightful contribution to our understanding and mapping of those mental landscapes. They also allowed me to see the physical medieval landscape differently, reminding me that in the medieval period it had supernatural and metaphorical dimensions. In these tales a wide range of medieval people come to life. FINDS RESEARCH GROUP NEWSLETTER

Additional information

GOR003648134
9781843841791
1843841797
Medieval Comic Tales by Derek Brewer
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
2008-07-17
224
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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