Format:
XII, 301 S.
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Ill.
ISBN:
2503531571
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9782503531571
Series Statement:
International medieval research 17
Note:
Introduction
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Traditions of simulated folly in The Canterbury interlude and tale of Beryn
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A fool and a troubadour : folly in the legend of Peire Vidal
,
An Anglo-Norman fool in Constantinople : Der Pfaffe Amis
,
Sebastian Brant's Ship of fools and its woodcuts
,
Eulenspiegel meets Nasreddin : a fools' contest
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After the laughter : discipline through narration : the fool's didactics in Wolfgang Büttner's jocular prose tales (Schwänke) featuring Claus Narr (1572)
,
Playing the fool : eccentric behaviour and political acumen in Wace's Roman de Rou
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"Marcel far to helle : tel heom þer spelles" (Brut, Line 13245) : "off" jokes and crude behaviour in Lawman's Brut
,
A small history of laughter, or when laughter has to be reasonable
,
"Cel neim (...) est fols" : "fool-like" dwarfs and the irony of fictionality in French texts around 1200
,
The issue of madness in Tristan romances
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"What kind of fool am I?" : the tragi-comedy of the love potion in the Thomas-Gottfried branch of the Tristan legend
,
Don't make me laugh! : fooling around in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Behaving like fools Turnhout : Brepols, 2010
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
,
General works
Keywords:
Narr
;
Literatur
;
Geschichte 1200-1600
;
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