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Record Number:
7881
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Rudat , Wolfgang E. H.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Reading Chaucer's Earnest Games: Folk-Mode or Literary Sophistication? [There is no strict difference between the categories of "ernest" (serious, moral) and "game" (light, entertaining) in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The Merchant's Tale, a bawdy fabliau about an unfaithful wife and impotent husband, is an example of an "ernest game," a humorous form of story telling that has its roots in folklore and the oral tradition. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
English Language Notes 29, 2 (December 1991): Pages 16 - 20.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Adultery in Literature
Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet - Canterbury Tales - Merchant's Tale
Fabliau, Literary Genre
Folklore
Games
Humor, Bawdy
Impotence in Literature
Irony
Literature - Verse
Oral Tradition
Satire
Sexuality in Literature
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
14
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Author's Affiliation:
University of Houston
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1991.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00138282