The Cultural Context of Chaucer's Fabliaux

Author / Editor
Olson, Glending Robert.

Title
The Cultural Context of Chaucer's Fabliaux

Published
DAI 30.03 (1969): 1145A.

Description
Explores the classical and medieval poetic theories that underlie the genre of the fabliau, particularly its lack of concern with meaningfulness, commenting on several French fabliaux, and discussing the comedy and satire of MilT, RvT, ShT, and SumT. Excludes FrT and MerT from the genre.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale
Reeve and His Tale
Shipman and His Tale
Summoner and His Tale
Friar and His Tale
Merchant and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations