The Palgrave Handbook of Humour, History, and Methodology - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030566455 ISBN 13 : 9783030566456

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021

Synopsis

This handbook addresses the methodological problems and theoretical challenges that arise in attempting to understand and represent humour in specific historical contexts across cultural history. It explores problems involved in applying modern theories of humour to historically-distant contexts of humour and points to the importance of recognising the divergent assumptions made by different academic disciplines when approaching the topic. It explores problems of terminology, identification, classification, subjectivity of viewpoint, and the coherence of the object of study. It addresses specific theories, together with the needs of specific historical case-studies, as well as some of the challenges of presenting historical humour to contemporary audiences through translation and curation. In this way, the handbook aims to encourage a fresh exploration of methodological problems involved in studying the various significances both of the history of humour and of humour in history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel Derrin is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of English Studies at Durham University, UK. He has held research and teaching fellowships in Australia and the UK and has published widely on early modern literature and on humour.
Hannah Burrows is Senior Lecturer in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Aberdeen, UK. She has edited and translated the Old Norse riddle corpus for the Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages series, and her publications include articles on the relationship between the riddles and Norse mythological poetry.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030566455
• ISBN 13: 9783030566456
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 551
• Éditeur: Derrin Daniel, Burrows Hannah
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