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Brown, Katherine Adams, 1978-

Boccaccio's fabliaux : medieval short stories and the function of reversal / Katherine A. Brown. - 1 online resource

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.


English.

ISBN: 9780813048666 (electronic bk.) 0813048664 (electronic bk.) 0813050030 9780813050034

Source: 22573/ctvwwcktt JSTOR

Subjects--Personal Names:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 --Criticism and interpretation.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313-1375

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Decamerone (Boccaccio, Giovanni)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fabliaux--History and criticism.
Poetry--Early works to 1800.
Fabliaux--Histoire et critique.
Poésie--Ouvrages avant 1800.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--Italian.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Medieval.
Fabliaux.
Poetry.
Novelle

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works.

LC Class. No.: PQ207 / .B76 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 853/.1