Boccaccio's fabliaux :
Brown, Katherine Adams, 1978-
Boccaccio's fabliaux : medieval short stories and the function of reversal / Katherine A. Brown. - 1 online resource (236 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Fabliaux reversals and La Grue -- The Fabliaux in context: BNF fr. 2173 -- Medieval story collections and framing devices -- Boccaccio's Fabliaux: transmission and transformation of the Fabliaux to the Decameron -- Conclusion.
Provides a new and provocative interpretation of the relationship between medieval French fabliaux and Boccaccio's Decameron, examining their formal similarities.
9780813048666 (e-book)
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 --Criticism and interpretation.
Fabliaux--History and criticism.
Poetry--Early works to 1800.
Electronic books.
PQ207 / .B76 2014eb
853/.1
Boccaccio's fabliaux : medieval short stories and the function of reversal / Katherine A. Brown. - 1 online resource (236 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Fabliaux reversals and La Grue -- The Fabliaux in context: BNF fr. 2173 -- Medieval story collections and framing devices -- Boccaccio's Fabliaux: transmission and transformation of the Fabliaux to the Decameron -- Conclusion.
Provides a new and provocative interpretation of the relationship between medieval French fabliaux and Boccaccio's Decameron, examining their formal similarities.
9780813048666 (e-book)
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 --Criticism and interpretation.
Fabliaux--History and criticism.
Poetry--Early works to 1800.
Electronic books.
PQ207 / .B76 2014eb
853/.1