An introductory guide to comedy in English literature that systematically applies comic theory to a wide range of texts from Chaucer to Bridget Jones’s Diary. The Comic Mode in English Literature: From the Middle Ages to Today 1st Edition is written by Murray Roston and published by Continuum. ISBNs for The Comic Mode in English Literature are 9781441109903, 1441109900 and the print ISBNs are 9781441112316, 1441112316.