The Cultural Context of Chaucer's Fabliaux
- Author / Editor
- Olson, Glending Robert.
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