Matthew Bevis is a Fellow in English at Keble College, University of Oxford. His publications include Lives of Victorian Literary Figures: Tennyson (Pickering & Chatto, 2003), Some Versions of Empson, ed. (OUP, 2007), and The Art of Eloquence: Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, Joyce (OUP, 2007). He was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research in 2007.

• Introduction ; 1. In the beginning... ; 2. In and out of character ; 3. Plotting mischief ; 4. Underdogs ; 5. Getting physical ; 6. Taking liberties ; 7. Beyond a joke ; 8. Endgames ; Conclusion

Insightful, witty and impressively wide-ranging throughout

Matthew Bevis is a Fellow in English at Keble College, University of Oxford. His publications include Lives of Victorian Literary Figures: Tennyson (Pickering & Chatto, 2003), Some Versions of Empson, ed. (OUP, 2007), and The Art of Eloquence: Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, Joyce (OUP, 2007). He was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research in 2007.

• Introduction ; 1. In the beginning... ; 2. In and out of character ; 3. Plotting mischief ; 4. Underdogs ; 5. Getting physical ; 6. Taking liberties ; 7. Beyond a joke ; 8. Endgames ; Conclusion

Insightful, witty and impressively wide-ranging throughout

Matthew Bevis is a Fellow in English at Keble College, University of Oxford. His publications include Lives of Victorian Literary Figures: Tennyson (Pickering & Chatto, 2003), Some Versions of Empson, ed. (OUP, 2007), and The Art of Eloquence: Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, Joyce (OUP, 2007). He was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research in 2007.

• Introduction ; 1. In the beginning... ; 2. In and out of character ; 3. Plotting mischief ; 4. Underdogs ; 5. Getting physical ; 6. Taking liberties ; 7. Beyond a joke ; 8. Endgames ; Conclusion

Insightful, witty and impressively wide-ranging throughout