Encyclopedia of Fable
- Author / Editor
- Snodgrass, Mary Ellen.
Encyclopedia of Fable
- Published
- Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 451 pp.; 47 b&w figs.
- Series
- ABC-CLIO Literary Companion.
- Description
- An alphabetical dictionary of the "world fable," i.e., the beast fable and related narratives in various international traditions, both as stand-alone narratives and as exempla in larger works.
- Includes entries on national and ethnic traditions, authors, subgenres, and motifs; also includes a timeline, lists of authors and sources, a bibliography, and an index.
- The entry on Chaucer (pp. 70-78) provides biographical information and comments on NPT and ManT.
- Also includes a separate entry on Chauntecleer (pp. 78-81).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.
- Manciple and His Tale.