The Fabliaux - Couverture rigide

Dubin, Nathaniel E.; Bloch, R. Howard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0871403579 ISBN 13 : 9780871403575

Editeur : Liveright, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Winner of the 2014 Modern Language Association of America Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Outstanding Translation of Literary Work
Composed between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, these virtually unknown, yet deeply influential, erotic and satirc poems lie at the root of the Western comic tradition. Passed down by the anti-clerical middle classes of medieval France, The Fabliaux depict priapic priests, randy wives and their cuckolded husbands in tales that are shocking and hilarious even by today's standards. Chaucer and Boccacio 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, all deftly translated by Nathaniel E. Dubin, this handsomely designed volume brings to life The Fabliaux in a way that has never been done before.

Revue de presse :

The fabliaux are important not only for their approach to humor, but for their focus on sex, class and wealth, and bodily functions like eating and defecating all elements quite absent from more highbrow, courtly, or Church-sanctioned religious texts. Liveright s edition serves as the largest and most complete collection of fabliaux, in English or French, ever published for the general reader " The Fabliaux is a reminder that medieval texts can remain engaging, lively, and, above all, funny. --Charlotte Bhaskar

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Liveright
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0871403579
• ISBN 13: 9780871403575
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 1024