Medieval Joke Poetry The Cantigas d'Escarnho e de Mal Dizer |
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| Author:
| Liu, Benjamin |
| Series title: | Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-01663-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $82.95 |
Book Description:
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This book examines the intersection of jokes, laughter, insults, and poetry in a collection of 13th- and 14th-century medieval Iberian songs. Liu shows how these jokes operate in such varied cultural contexts as the arts of augury and divination, pilgrimage, prostitution, interfaith sexuality, and medical malpractice.
This book examines the intersection of jokes, laughter, insults, and poetry in a collection of 13th- and 14th-century medieval Iberian songs. Liu shows how these jokes operate in such varied cultural contexts as the arts of augury and divination, pilgrimage, prostitution, interfaith sexuality, and medical malpractice.