Bibliograph

The fabliaux, a new verse translation, translated by Nathaniel E. Dubin ; introduction by R. Howard Bloch

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The fabliaux, a new verse translation, translated by Nathaniel E. Dubin ; introduction by R. Howard Bloch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fabliaux

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

851559712

Responsibility statement

translated by Nathaniel E. Dubin ; introduction by R. Howard Bloch

Sub title

a new verse translation

Summary

The first major English translation of the most scandalous and irreverent poetry in Western literature. Composed between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, these virtually unknown erotic and satiric poems lie at the root of the Western comic tradition. Passed down by the anticlerical middle classes of medieval France, the Fabliaux depict priapic priests, randy wives, and their cuckolded husbands in tales that are shocking even by today's standards. Chaucer and Boccaccio borrowed heavily from these riotous tales, which were the wit of the common man rebelling against the aristocracy and Church in matters of food, money, and sex. Containing 69 poems with a parallel Old French text, The Fabliaux reproduces the world and feeling of the medieval tale.--From publisher description

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