Fabliaux and Other Literary Genres as Witnesses of Early Spoken English
- Author / Editor
- Blake, N. F.
Fabliaux and Other Literary Genres as Witnesses of Early Spoken English
- Published
- Hans-Jürgen Diller and Manfred Gorlach, eds. Towards a History of English as a History of Genres. Anglistiche Forschungen, no. 298. (Heidelberg: Winter, 2001), pp. 145-57.
- Series
- Anglistische Forschungen, no. 298
- Description
- The realism of fabliaux (and some drama) makes them valuable in studying the history of colloquial language, especially sexual colloquialisms. Blake draws examples from "Dame Sirith," MilT, RvT, WBP, and MerT, remarking on Chaucer's self-consciousness and restraint in use of sexual language.
- Contributor
- Diller, Hans-Jürgen, ed.
- Gorlach, Manfred, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Towards a History of English as a History of Genres.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.
- Miller and His Tale.
- Reeve and His Tale.
- WIfe of Bath and Her Tale.
- Merchant and His Tale.