Laughter in a Damp Climate: An Anthology of British Humour.

Author / Editor
Lindfield, Eric G., and Egon Larsen, eds.

Title
Laughter in a Damp Climate: An Anthology of British Humour.

Published
London: Jenkins, 1963.

Physical Description
397 pp.; illus.

Description
Comments on the legacy of Chaucer's humor in English literature, and includes a brief introduction to CT and selections from GP (descriptions of Wife Bath, Miller, Summoner, and Pardoner) in modern English translation (by Nevill Coghill), accompanied by reproductions of two early woodcuts.

Contributor
Larsen, Egon, ed.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations