The Development of English Humor, Parte 1

actual amusement appears aspect attitude better called century character Chaucer comedy comic common contrast course critics doubt early effect elements Elizabethan England English English humor example experience expression fact Falstaff feeling field final followed fool French genuine gives growth human humor humorist influence instance instinct intellectual irony Italy keeps kind laugh least less light lines literature lively look manner matter meaning mental method mind mood moral nature never object once original period personality play popular possible practical present realism relativity remains remarks Renaissance respect satire scene seems sense serious shade Shakespeare's shows side significance soul speak spirit stage stands temper theme things thought tone touch truth turn UNIVERSITY values vein whole writer