God's Weaponry The Sardonic Laugh in Ælfric's Lives of the Saints and Catholic Homilies.

Moore sets out to show how sardonic laughter is used in The Life of Saint Mary, The Life of Saint Sebastian and The Life of Saint Lawrence to assert the superiority of the righteous over the unrighteous. He utilizes Thomas Hobbes' superiority theory of humor and relies on close reading to explicate...

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Publicado en:	Pennsylvania Literary Journal (2151-3066) Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 79 - 93
Autor principal:	Moore, Aaron Lee
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Pennsylvania Literary Journal Spring2014
Materias:	Righteousness Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham, ca. 955-ca. 1010 Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 Skeat, Walter Life of Saint Lawrence, The (Book) Catholic Homilies (Book)
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