Reading Fabliaux

Norris J. Lacy

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9781135812478
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

First published in 1993. This volume is th author's observations of his reading of Fabliaux in order to observe their materials, methods and to evaluate the effect of those methods. He looks at 150 texts in order to uncover the indivdual fabliau, rather than treat them as a whole genre.

Index of Fabliaux

The following list includes all the fabliaux discussed in this volume. They are given in alphabetical order without the definite article (le, la) or the preposition de, which has simply been dropped when it begins a title. Following the title is the location of the text in the editions used; those editions are indicated by the sigla N (for Noomen and van den Boogaard), MR (Montaiglon-Raynaud), and, in one instance each, L (Livingston) and ED (Eichmann and DuVal). Full titles and publication information are given in the bibliography.

The italicized numbers following the reference to the edition indicate the pages on which that text is discussed or mentioned.

Aloul, N, III, 1–44; 56, 57, 58, 59, 82.

Aristote: see Lai d’Aristote.

Auberee, N, I, 161–312; 2, 59, 70, 75, 119, 133, 153, 156, 158.

Barat et Hairnet, N, II, 27–75; 120, 135.

Berengier au lonc cul, N, IV, 245–277; 69, 135, 137, 156–157.

Boivin de Provins, N, II, 77–105; 145.

Borgoise dVrliens, N, III, 337–374; 2, 22, 26, 58, 69, 72, 118, 119, 120, 133, 135, 141, 146, 151, 156.

Bouchier d’Abeville, N, HI, 237–335; 2, 113–117, 119, 133, 151.

Bourse pleine de Sens, N, II, 107–149; 73–74.

Braies au cordelier, N, III, 211–236; 43, 119, 156.

Brunain la vache au prestre, N, V, 39–48; 44–45, 92, 119, 124–125, 126, 127, 151.

Cele qui fu foutue et desfoutue, N, IV, 151–187; 85.

Cele qui se fist foutre sur la fosse de son mari, N, III, 375–403; 1–16, 17, 18, 19, 27, 48, 56, 58, 59, 72–73,...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• I. Introduction
• II. Questions of Genre
• III. The Conservatism of the Fabliaux
• IV. Courtliness and the Fabliaux
• V. Women in the Fabliaux
• VI. Language in the Fabliaux
• VII. The Narrator’s Voice
• VIII. The Humor of the Fabliaux
• IX. Closure
• X. Conclusion
• Works Cited
• Index of Fabliaux