{"product_id":"boccaccios-fabliaux-medieval-short-stories-and-the-function-of-reversal-paperback","title":"Boccaccio's Fabliaux: Medieval Short Stories and the Function of Reversal - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA remarkably well-informed and truly innovative study of the way Boccaccio reimagined and rewrote Old French \u003cem\u003efabliaux\u003c\/em\u003e in his \u003cem\u003eDecameron.\u003c\/em\u003e--Fran ois Rigolot, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheoretically savvy, and yet jargon-free, philologically impeccable and critically acute, this is a book that shows the author's unflinching dedication to the highest standards of scholarship.--Simone Marchesi, author of \u003cem\u003eDante and Augustine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrown's attention to codicological contexts coupled with persuasive new interpretations of some of the \u003cem\u003efabliaux\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e stories make this book a pleasure to read for medievalist veterans and novices alike.--Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, author of \u003cem\u003ePoets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, 1378-1417\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort works known for their humor and ribaldry, the fabliaux were comic or satirical tales told by wandering minstrels in medieval France. Although the fabliaux are widely acknowledged as inspiring Giovanni Boccaccio's masterpiece, the \u003cem\u003eDecameron, \u003c\/em\u003e this theory has never been substantiated beyond perceived commonalities in length and theme. This new and provocative interpretation examines the formal similarities between the \u003cem\u003eDecameron's\u003c\/em\u003e tales of wit, wisdom, and practical jokes and the popular thirteenth-century fabliaux.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine Brown examines these works through a prism of reversal and chiasmus to show that Boccaccio was not only inspired by the content of the fabliaux but also by their fundamental design--where a passage of truth could be read as a lie or a tale of life as a tale of death. Brown reveals close resemblances in rhetoric, literary models, and narrative structure to demonstrate how the Old French manuscripts of the fabliaux were adapted in the organization of the \u003cem\u003eDecameron.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentifying specific examples of fabliaux transformed by Boccaccio for his classic \u003cem\u003eDecameron, \u003c\/em\u003e Brown shows how Boccaccio refashioned borrowed literary themes and devices, playing with endless possibilities of literary creation through manipulations of his model texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine A. Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e is a specialist of medieval French and Italian literature.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703574556979,"sku":"9780813068275","price":49.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TkJXRTJEWk5DVElGS2FaN0xZcC9RQT09.webp?v=1763330425","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/boccaccios-fabliaux-medieval-short-stories-and-the-function-of-reversal-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}