The Fabliau in English
- Author / Editor
- Hines, John.
The Fabliau in English
- Published
- London and New York: Longman, 1993.
- Physical Description
- xii, 316 pp.
- Series
- Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library.
- Description
- This six-chapter history of fabliau tradition begins with an examination of medieval French fabliaux, including a description of their usual characteristics and a discussion of relevant criticism. It then addresses French fabliaux in English, as well as Middle English fabliaux.
- Three chapters place Chaucer's ShT, MilT, RvT, SumT, and MerT within the larger context of the fabliau tradition, suggesting the "critical and historical independence of the English (and some other) fabliaux from the French tradition."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.