Falstaff and Fox Fables: A New Source.

Author / Editor
King, Joyce.

Title
Falstaff and Fox Fables: A New Source.

Published
Notes and Queries 263 (2018): 533-35.

Description
Argues that Chaucer's "daun Russel the fox" in NPT 7. 3334 belongs to a centuries-long cohort of foxes whose tastes and tendencies Shakespeare applies to his wily Falstaff.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Nun's Priest and His Tale