The Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles (Burgundy-Luxembourg-France, 1458 - C. 1550): Text and Paratext, Codex and Context

by Graeme Small

A collaborative investigation of one of the best-known works of late medieval European literature, the Franco-Burgundian collection of short stories known as the Cent Nouvelles nouvelles. Modelled loosely on Boccaccio's Decameron and incorporating elements from Old French fabliaux as well as Poggio Bracciolini's Liber Facetiarum, the anonymous collection attributes its morally challenging and frequently humorous tales to named...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 250358599X
• ISBN13: 9782503585994
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.