Humour Of Today’s Literature
Introduction Humour in literature changes across periods, but it has never been confined to light entertainment. Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Miller’s Tale,” Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress,” and James Joyce’s “Araby” use different forms of comic tension to expose desire, vanity, social convention, and self-deception. The original essay treats Chaucer as humorous while classifying Marvell and Joyce as almost entirely serious. A closer reading shows a broader spectrum. Chaucer relies

