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 the general tendency of mankind, reinforced and organised by a certain specially literary faculty and adaptability in the French genius, is on the whole sufficient to account for the fabliau.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
I know the fabliau of the 'Denier' ... and that of Gombert and dame Erme....
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules
In the opinion of the best scholars, the earliest surviving fabliau is that of Richeut, which dates from 1159.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
If the Mystery served to fill the void left by the national epopee, the farce may be regarded as to some extent the dramatic inheritor of the spirit of the fabliau.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
The piece, however, has hardly begun before it goes off into a medley of unconnected scenes, though each has a sort of fabliau interest of its own.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
Thus old tales like The Thousand and One Nights, the fabliaux, The Canterbury Tales, the Grimms' folk stories have a magic rarely found in latter ages.
From Time Magazine Archive
Did I really want to sit there listening to Mr. Grovenor explain for the twentieth time what fabliaux were?
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
There are few English fabliaux; there is perhaps only one preserved as a separate piece by itself, the story of Dame Sirith.
From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)
One feature of the fabliaux, however, cannot be praised and yet must not be overlooked.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
It is the fabliaux that inspired some of his best fables—the Lion’s Court, the Young Widow, the Coach and the Fly.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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