fabliau
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Origin of fabliau
1795–1805; < French; Old North French form of Old French fablel, fableau, equivalent to fable fable + -el diminutive suffix; see -elle
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But there is nothing in previous literature which exactly corresponds to the fabliau.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
An instance of the pathetic fabliau is Housse Partie, a kind of primitive version of the story of King Lear.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
In another fabliau, a lady uses the solar as a hiding place for her husband, who has disguised himself as a gallant in order to test his wife's faithfulness.
From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh
Pitrè, No. 165, "Fra Ghiniparu," is a variation of the above theme, and finds its counterpart in the fabliau of Le Sacristain de Cluni: see Gesammtabenteuer, ut sup.
From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick
The fabliau takes every phase of life for its subject; the folk-song acquires elegance and does not lose raciness and truth.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
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