1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464935103321

Autore

Brown Katherine Adams <1978->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8130-5003-0

0-8130-4866-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Disciplina

853/.1

Soggetti

Fabliaux - History and criticism

Poetry

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Provides a new and provocative interpretation of the relationship between medieval French fabliaux and Boccaccio's Decameron, examining their formal similarities.