The Development of English Humor, 第 1 篇

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