A chapter is devoted to each of the three genres: the ridicula, funny stories recounted in rhythmic verse that often present tales of human deceit and presumption; the nugae, trifles of scholarly Latin poets writing in metrical verse; and the satyrae, narrative satires that offer penetrating insights into medieval life. An appendix contains the texts and translations of more than a dozen works including seven ridicula from the famous florilegium known as the Cambridge songs and the lengthy Unibos; nugae by Fulcoius of Beauvais as well as Radulfus Tortarius; and two satyrae, Satyrae contra Moriuht by Warnerius of Rouen and De matronis by Peter the Painter. Knowledge of these early comic traditions is of great value to the literary scholar and to the humanist. Comic Tales of the Middle Ages should be part of the collections of major public libraries and large university libraries in the United States and Europe and will be a useful addition to the reading lists for courses in Medieval Latin, Medieval Literature, World Literature, Comparative Literature, and Comic Literature.
A chapter is devoted to each of the three genres: the ridicula, funny stories recounted in rhythmic verse that often present tales of human deceit and presumption; the nugae, trifles of scholarly Latin poets writing in metrical verse; and the satyrae, narrative satires that offer penetrating insights into medieval life. An appendix contains the texts and translations of more than a dozen works including seven ridicula from the famous florilegium known as the Cambridge songs and the lengthy Unibos; nugae by Fulcoius of Beauvais as well as Radulfus Tortarius; and two satyrae, Satyrae contra Moriuht by Warnerius of Rouen and De matronis by Peter the Painter. Knowledge of these early comic traditions is of great value to the literary scholar and to the humanist. Comic Tales of the Middle Ages should be part of the collections of major public libraries and large university libraries in the United States and Europe and will be a useful addition to the reading lists for courses in Medieval Latin, Medieval Literature, World Literature, Comparative Literature, and Comic Literature.
Comic Tales of the Middle Ages: An Anthology and Commentary
Comic Tales of the Middle Ages: An Anthology and Commentary
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780313066030 |
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Publisher: | ABC-CLIO, Incorporated |
Publication date: | 03/14/1991 |
Series: | Contributions to the Study of World Literature Series |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 389 KB |