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.

• List of FiguresList of AbbreviationsNote on QuotationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. When everything goes pear-shaped: Laughter and Awkwardness in Augustine’s Confessions2. Elated or Gassy? Between Affect and Emotion in The Luttrell Psalter3. May this be true? The Awkwardness of Accepting Grace in Pearl4. Creating Tension: Laughter and Anger in Cleanness5. Virtuous even if it Displeases: Patience6. The Games People Play: Laughter and Belonging in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight7. All Shall Be Well: Laughter and Belonging in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love8. 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 Regle10. You’re so vain, you probably think this Psalm is about you: Saving Face in Thomas Hoccleve’s Series11. Great Cause to Laugh: Conversation and Compassion in The Book of Margery Kempe12. Sing with us, with a merry cheer! The Awkwardness of Going Along With It in Mankind13. Ever Froward: Standing up for the Audience in The Chester Play of Noah’s Flood14. Disappointing Expectations: Laughter, Awkwardness, and the End of Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte DarthurConclusion: An Awkward Age?ReferencesIndex

[David] Watt does an excellent job of demonstrating how productive the concept of awkwardness is in both medieval and modern works.

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.

• List of FiguresList of AbbreviationsNote on QuotationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. When everything goes pear-shaped: Laughter and Awkwardness in Augustine’s Confessions2. Elated or Gassy? Between Affect and Emotion in The Luttrell Psalter3. May this be true? The Awkwardness of Accepting Grace in Pearl4. Creating Tension: Laughter and Anger in Cleanness5. Virtuous even if it Displeases: Patience6. The Games People Play: Laughter and Belonging in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight7. All Shall Be Well: Laughter and Belonging in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love8. 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 Regle10. You’re so vain, you probably think this Psalm is about you: Saving Face in Thomas Hoccleve’s Series11. Great Cause to Laugh: Conversation and Compassion in The Book of Margery Kempe12. Sing with us, with a merry cheer! The Awkwardness of Going Along With It in Mankind13. Ever Froward: Standing up for the Audience in The Chester Play of Noah’s Flood14. Disappointing Expectations: Laughter, Awkwardness, and the End of Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte DarthurConclusion: An Awkward Age?ReferencesIndex

[David] Watt does an excellent job of demonstrating how productive the concept of awkwardness is in both medieval and modern works.

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.

• List of FiguresList of AbbreviationsNote on QuotationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. When everything goes pear-shaped: Laughter and Awkwardness in Augustine’s Confessions2. Elated or Gassy? Between Affect and Emotion in The Luttrell Psalter3. May this be true? The Awkwardness of Accepting Grace in Pearl4. Creating Tension: Laughter and Anger in Cleanness5. Virtuous even if it Displeases: Patience6. The Games People Play: Laughter and Belonging in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight7. All Shall Be Well: Laughter and Belonging in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love8. 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 Regle10. You’re so vain, you probably think this Psalm is about you: Saving Face in Thomas Hoccleve’s Series11. Great Cause to Laugh: Conversation and Compassion in The Book of Margery Kempe12. Sing with us, with a merry cheer! The Awkwardness of Going Along With It in Mankind13. Ever Froward: Standing up for the Audience in The Chester Play of Noah’s Flood14. Disappointing Expectations: Laughter, Awkwardness, and the End of Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte DarthurConclusion: An Awkward Age?ReferencesIndex

[David] Watt does an excellent job of demonstrating how productive the concept of awkwardness is in both medieval and modern works.