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Chapter Eight. Relishing Romance: Horror and Happiness in Apollonius of Tyre

From the book Humour in Old English Literature

  • Jonathan Wilcox
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487545710-012
© 2024 University of Toronto Press, Toronto
From the book
Humour in Old English Literature
Humour in Old English Literature

Chapters in this book (17)

Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Exeter Book Riddle Numbers: A Comparative Chart
Introduction: Old English Literature and Humour
Chapter One. Risible Riddles and Witty Wisdom: The Appeal of Playful Puzzles
Chapter Two. Laughing at Letters: Runic Riddles and Riddling Runes
Chapter Three. Metrical Mirth: Sonorous Sounds and Rambunctious Rhymes
Chapter Four. Heroic Humour: Comic Insouciance and Embarrassments of Etiquette
Chapter Five. Playing with Parody to Comic Effect
Chapter Six. Homiletic Humour: Christian Laughter and Clerical Satire
Chapter Seven. Hagiographic Humour: Decorous Delight and Full-Throated Funniness
Chapter Eight. Relishing Romance: Horror and Happiness in Apollonius of Tyre
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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