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Douze contributions autour de ce genre littéraire protéiforme au XVIIIe siècle et souvent brandi comme un contrepoison contre la corruption. ©Electre 2023
Satire, French --- Humor in literature --- France --- Civilization --- Thematology --- French literature --- anno 1700-1799
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"Humour in Old English Literature deploys modern theories of humour to explore the style and content of surviving writing from early medieval England. The book analyses Old English riddles, wisdom literature, runic writing, the deployment of rhymes, and humour in heroic poetry, hagiography, and romance. Drawing on a fine-tuned understanding of literary technique, Jonathan Wilcox engages the large body of didactic literature, pinpointing humour in two anonymous homilies along with extensive use in saints’ lives. The book presents a revisionist view of Old English literature, partly by reclaiming often-neglected texts and partly by uncovering ironies and embarrassments within well-established works, including Beowulf. Each chapter ends by revealing a different audience that would have shared in the laughter. Wilcox suggests that the humour of Old English literature has been scantily covered in past scholarship because modern readers expect a dour and serious corpus. Humour in Old English Literature aims to break that cycle by highlighting works and moments that are as entertaining now as they were then."--
Comique dans la litterature. --- Humour anglais --- Litterature anglaise --- Comic, The, in literature. --- Humor in literature. --- English wit and humor --- English literature --- Histoire et critique. --- History and criticism. --- Beowulf. --- Exeter Book riddles. --- Old English homilies. --- Old English poetry. --- heroic literature. --- history of riddles. --- humour. --- incongruity. --- jokes in literature. --- laughter. --- litotes. --- saints' lives. --- Ælfric.
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Modern black humor represents a rich history of radical innovation stretching back to the antebellum period. 'Laughing Fit to Kill' reveals how black writers, artists, and comedians have used humor across two centuries as a uniquely powerful response to forced migration and enslavement.
American literature --- African American wit and humor --- Black humor. --- Slavery in literature. --- Comic, The, in literature. --- African Americans in literature. --- Afro-Americans in literature --- Negroes in literature --- Slavery and slaves in literature --- Slaves in literature --- Black comedy --- Black humor (Literature) --- Black humor in literature --- Dark humor --- Wit and humor --- Afro-American wit and humor --- Black humor (African American humor) --- Negro wit and humor --- Wit and humor, African American --- American wit and humor --- African American authors --- History and criticism. --- African American wit and humor. --- Afro-amerikaner i litteraturen. --- Amerikansk litteratur --- Literatur --- Literatur. --- Schwarzer Humor --- Schwarzer Humor. --- Sklaverei --- Slaveri i litteraturen. --- Svart humor. --- African American authors. --- Afro-amerikanska författare. --- Afroamerikanische Autoren --- Motiv --- Schwarze, ... --- University of South Alabama. --- Schwarze. --- USA. --- History and criticism --- Black humor --- Slavery in literature --- African Americans in literature --- Brown, William Wells --- Criticism and interpretation --- Chesnutt, Charles Waddell --- Reed, Ishmael --- Parks, Suzan-Lori --- Pryor, Richard --- Colescott, Robert --- Walker, Kara --- Enslaved persons in literature
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