Boccaccio's fabliaux : medieval short stories and the function of reversal / Katherine A. Brown.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (236 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813048666 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Boccaccio's fabliaux : medieval short stories and the function of reversal.DDC classification:
  • 853/.1 23
LOC classification:
  • PQ207 .B76 2014eb
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Contents:
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.
Summary: Provides a new and provocative interpretation of the relationship between medieval French fabliaux and Boccaccio's Decameron, examining their formal similarities.
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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.

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