The Development of English Humor, 第 1 篇

A. C. Bradley absurdity amusement artistic aspect attitude Beowulf Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer comedy comic conceits conscious contrast critics cynical Don Quixote dramatic elements England English humor episode Euphuism expression fact Falstaff fancy farce feeling flavor fool France French genius genuine humor gift gives Hamlet Henry IV hints human humorist Ibid implicit indirect instance instinct intellectual intent intuition irony jokes Jonson's kind laugh laughter less literary Love's Labour's Lost manner matter meaning medieval mental merry merry England Middle English mind mirth modern humor mood moral nature ness paradox parody perception personality play pleasantry poem poet poetry popular psychological Puritan purpose Rabelais racy realism remark Renaissance Samuel Butler satire scene sense serious shade Shakespeare's shows shrewd significant slyness smile soul spirit subtle temper theme things thought tion tone tradition tragedy truth vein verve whole words writer