1st Edition

Reading Fabliaux

By Norris J. Lacy Copyright 1993
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1993. This volume is th author's observations of his reading of Fabliaux in order to observe their materials, methods and to evaluate the effect of those methods. He looks at 150 texts in order to uncover the indivdual fabliau, rather than treat them as a whole genre.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Questions of Genre; Chapter 3 The Conservatism of the Fabliaux; Chapter 4 Courtliness and the Fabliaux; Chapter 5 Women in the Fabliaux; Chapter 6 Language in the Fabliaux; Chapter 7 The Narrator’s Voice; Chapter 8 The Humor of the Fabliaux; Chapter 9 Closure; Chapter 10 Conclusion;

Biography

 Norris J Lacy (Pennsylvania State University USA).