Two talks on humour in 19th-century poetry by Mark Storey , Lecturer in English at the University of Birmingham.
1: Why Did I Laugh Tonightf
In a letter to his brother George, Keats launches into a sonnet which begins with that question. He seems uncertain about the answer. Keats's predicament, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, serves as a model for the other major Romantic poets.
Reader Ronald Pickup