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

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
Title
The fabliaux
Title remainder
a new verse translation
Statement of responsibility
translated by Nathaniel E. Dubin ; introduction by R. Howard Bloch
Contributor
Translator
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fro
  • fro
  • eng
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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Fabliaux
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Index
no index present
Language note
Poems in English with parallel Old French text
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Dubin, Nathaniel E.,
  • Bloch, R. Howard
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  • Fabliaux
  • French poetry
  • French poetry
Label
The fabliaux : a new verse translation, translated by Nathaniel E. Dubin ; introduction by R. Howard Bloch
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
812248375
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
xxxi, 982 pages
Isbn
9780871403575
Lccn
2013002314
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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Label
The fabliaux : a new verse translation, translated by Nathaniel E. Dubin ; introduction by R. Howard Bloch
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
812248375
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
xxxi, 982 pages
Isbn
9780871403575
Lccn
2013002314
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
map

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