A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages

Martha Bayless is Professor of Medieval Studies and director of the Folklore and Public Culture Program at the University of Oregon, USA.

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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)

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