吉耶梅特•博伦斯（Guillemette Bolens）是瑞士日内瓦大学中世纪英国文学与比较文学教授，研究兴趣集中在视觉和语言艺术中的身体历史、身势智能、具身认知等，在文学认知研究方面成就颇高，著作包括《身势语言的风格：文学叙事中的具身与认知》等。

Contents

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction: Kinesic humor and the dynamics of gesture 1

1. Milton: Surprised by humor 25

2. Sterne: The naturalness of a toe movement 51

3. Saint-Simon: Speed and touch, or how to push a duke 63

4. Rousseau: Fast breathing and trembling hands 81

5. Stendhal: Walking styles and emotional practice 93

6. Ovid and Chrétien de Troyes: Pyramus, Thisbe, and Yvain’s hypersensitive lion 106

7. Cervantes: Laughing at a metaphor 132

Conclusion: Jacques Tati and Eddie Izzard 153

Notes 159

Bibliography 171

Index 203