Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- A Note On The Texts -- Introduction -- Part One On Laughter -- 1 Laughter Means Sympathy? -- 2 An Incongruous Pair: A Romantic Sense Of Humour And The Poetic Imagination -- Part Two On Laughing Poets And Poetics -- 3 Wordsworth's Laughing Company -- 4 Shelley's Poetic Measures And Laughing Pleasures -- 5 Keats's Melodious Chuckle -- Coda: Byron's Last Laugh -- Selected Bibliography -- Index Matthew Ward. Also Issued In Print: 2024. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.