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Parkin’s prose has a limpid quality rare in these days of jargon bedeviled criticism, which makes this book a joy to read as well as a welcome addition to existing scholarship on both de Navarre and humor in general.

I feel confident that anyone interested in Renaissance humor will find much to reflect on and benefit from in study.” a truly humanist response to a major humanist writer. As for the author, the scholarly consensus confidently attributes the collection to Marguerite de Navarre (14921549), sister of Franois I, patron of Rabelais. He can help us see why and in what ways we are being amused.” The aim is to highlight a number of strategies with which to exploit those opportunities. The flexible approach Parkin adopts in his readings corresponds to a varied set of techniques deployed in Marguerite’s writings. the polygelast’s job is not to preach to us, but to create opportunities for us.