Selected by Dr Oliver Tearle
English literature has a rich tradition of comic writing. From Chaucer’s ‘Miller’s Tale’ to Shakespeare’s Falstaff to the early comic novels of Smollett, Sterne, Fielding, and Swift, there are plenty of laughs to be had from the pages of the literary greats. But what will raise a chuckle among 21st-century readers? In this post, we introduce who we think are ten of the greatest and most laugh-out-loud humorous writers in the English language …