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The Fabliaux

The Fabliaux

The Fabliaux
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The Fabliaux Hardback - 2013 - 1st Edition

by Nathaniel E. Dubin (Translator); Introduction by R. Howard Bloch

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Bawdier than "The Canterbury Tales, " this is the first major English translation of the most scandalous and irreverent poetry in Western literature. Contains 69 poems with a parallel Old French text.

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Liveright, 6/10/2013 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Good. 1.8898 in x 8.0709 in x 5.3543 in.
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  • Title The Fabliaux
  • Author Nathaniel E. Dubin (Translator); Introduction by R. Howard Bloch
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 1024
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Liveright, N. Y.
  • Publication date 6/10/2013 12:00:01 A
  • Features Bookmark, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000548195
  • ISBN 9780871403575 / 0871403579
  • Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.2 x 2 in (19.81 x 13.21 x 5.08 cm)
  • Size 1.8898 in x 8.0709 in x 5.3543 i
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress subjects French poetry - To 1500, Fabliaux
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013002314
  • Dewey Decimal Code 841.030
  • Quantity available 1

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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 depicts 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 comes to life in a way that has never been done in nearly eight hundred years.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 06/01/2013, Page 15
  • New York Review of Books, 12/05/2013, Page 44

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