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Author Brown, Katherine Adams, 1978-

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

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
2014

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Description 1 online resource (236 pages)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary Provides a new and provocative interpretation of the relationship between medieval French fabliaux and Boccaccio's Decameron, examining their formal similarities.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Fabliaux -- History and criticism.
Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Brown, Katherine Adams. Boccaccio's fabliaux : medieval short stories and the function of reversal. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014] 226 pages 9780813049175 (DLC)10837497
ISBN 9780813049175 (alk. paper)
9780813048666 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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