Medieval Comic Tales

Author / Editor
Brewer, Derek, ed.

Title
Medieval Comic Tales

Published
Woodbridge, Suffolk ; and Rochester, N. Y. : D. S. Brewer, 1996.

Physical Description
2nd ed. xxxiv, 190 pp.

Description
An expanded revision of the 1973 edition, with one additional tale translated from French, three from Spanish, five from Middle English, three from German, six from Dutch (with three deleted), and one from Latin, for a total of eighty tales, songs, and anecdotes. The introduction appears for the first time, with frequent references to Chaucer and his fabliaux and other tales (not included).

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.