Women & laughter in medieval comic literature

"In Women and Laughter in Medieval Comic Literature, Lisa Perfetti explores a wide range of literary representation of women's laughter in the thirteenth and through the sixteenth centuries. Her work also addresses the complex issues involved in reconstructing female subject positions in male-authored texts. Often witty, and sometimes bawdy, the laughing comic heroines brought forth in this book will engage a broad range of readers interested in medieval literature and history, as well as those intrigued by the growing field of feminist approaches to humor."--BOOK JACKET.