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Author:   David Watt
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9781788314305

ISBN 10:   1788314301
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   21 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Abbreviations Note on Quotations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. When everything goes pear-shaped: Laughter and Awkwardness in Augustine’s Confessions 2. Elated or Gassy? Between Affect and Emotion in The Luttrell Psalter 3. May this be true? The Awkwardness of Accepting Grace in Pearl 4. Creating Tension: Laughter and Anger in Cleanness 5. Virtuous even if it Displeases: Patience 6. The Games People Play: Laughter and Belonging in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 7. All Shall Be Well: Laughter and Belonging in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love 8. Too Much Information? Suggestive Diction in ‘I Have a Gentil Cock’ 9. Does this stress make me look fat? Awkward Questions in Thomas Hoccleve’s La Male Regle 10. You’re so vain, you probably think this Psalm is about you: Saving Face in Thomas Hoccleve’s Series 11. Great Cause to Laugh: Conversation and Compassion in The Book of Margery Kempe 12. Sing with us, with a merry cheer! The Awkwardness of Going Along With It in Mankind 13. Ever Froward: Standing up for the Audience in The Chester Play of Noah’s Flood 14. Disappointing Expectations: Laughter, Awkwardness, and the End of Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur Conclusion: An Awkward Age? References Index

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[David] Watt does an excellent job of demonstrating how productive the concept of awkwardness is in both medieval and modern works. -- Mary C. Flanner * The Times Literary Supplement *

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David Watt is Professor in the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media, at the University of Manitoba, Canada, where he also serves as head of his department.

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