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Humour in Anglo-Saxon Literature.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Publication: The Modern Language Review Publication Date: 01-OCT-03 Author: Scheil, Andrew P.
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COPYRIGHT 2003 Modern Humanities Research Association
Humour in Anglo-Saxon Literature. Ed. by JONATHAN WILCOX. Cambridge: Brewer. 2000. vii + 162 pp. 40 [pounds sterling]; $75. ISBN 0-85991-576-X.
Who can resist a collection of essays that indexes Dream of the Rood next to 'double entendre' and 'dildo'? 'Grinning' and Genesis B? Havamal and 'hall, merriment in'? While Humour in Anglo-Saxon England, edited by Jonathan Wilcox, displays some of the usual shortcomings of the contemporary academic essay collection, it makes up for these with a better-than-average unity of purpose and a lively execution.
This slim collection (162 pages, including...
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