Table of contents:
Martha Bayless, ‘Merriment and Entertainment in
Anglo-Saxon England: What is the Evidence?’; Christopher
Crane, ‘Taking Laughter Seriously: The Rhetoric of Humor in
Middle English Drama, Sermon Exempla and Spiritual
Instruction’; Paul Hardwick, ‘Making Light of Devotion:
The Pilgrimage Window at York Minster’; Dana Symons,
‘Comic Pleasures: Chaucer and Popular Romance’;
Christian Sheridan, ‘Funny Money: Puns and Currency in the
Shipman’s Tale’; Laurel Broughton, ‘From
Buttfaces to Turd Bowling: Physical Humor in the Margins’;
Sandra M. Hordis, ‘Gender and Dialogic Laughter in
Malory’s Morte Darthur’; Miriamne Ara Krummel,
‘Getting Even: Uneasy Laughter in The Play of the
Sacrament’; Peter G. Beidler, ‘Realistic Stage Comedy
in Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale’; Elaine C. Block,
‘Fooling Apes and Aping Fools on Misericord
Carvings’