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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826423303321

Titolo

Comic provocations : exposing the corpus of old French fabliaux / / edited by Holly A. Crocker ; foreword by R. Howard Bloch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36092-9

9786611360924

0-230-60117-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Studies in Arthurian and courtly cultures

Altri autori (Persone)

CrockerHolly A <1971-> (Holly Adryan)

Disciplina

841/.03

Soggetti

Fabliaux - History and criticism

French poetry - To 1500 - History and criticism

Humorous poetry, French - History and criticism

Tales, Medieval - History and criticism

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Texts and Translations; Introduction: The Provocative Body of the Fabliaux; Part 1 Imaginative Generation; Part 2 Anxious Circulations; Part 3 Mobile Formations; Notes on Contributors; Index of Fabliaux; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection explores how Old French fabliaux disrupt literal and figurative bodies. Essays cover theoretical issues including fragmentation and multiplication, social anxiety and excessive circulation, performative productions and creative formations, to trace the competing consequences that arise from this literary body's unsettling capacity.