Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the themes, practice, and effe

How has our expression, use and reception of comedy developed from antiquity to the present day? What role has it occupied in Western culture, and what can it t

Drawing together scholars with a wide range of expertise across the early modern period, this volume explores the rich field of early modern comedy in all its v

Drawing together contributions from scholars in a range of fields within 19th- and 20th-century cultural, literary, and theater studies, this volume provides a

This volume highlights the variety of forms comedy took in England, with reference to developments in Europe, particularly France, during the European Enlighten