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Definition of Fabliau
1. n. One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.
Definition of Fabliau
1. Noun. The genre of short, farcical often coarse tales written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fabliau
1. a short metrical tale popular in medieval France [n -AUX]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fabliau
Literary usage of Fabliau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1895)
"A more specific meaning generally attaches to the name fabliau, a form of poem
used, as a rule, for the preservation of those popular tales, which from time ..."
2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"The fabliau was essentially the amusement of the winter evenings; ... An example
of the last is the fabliau of the "Villain who gained Paradise by pleading. ..."
3. The Oxford Treasury of English Literature by William Henry Hadow, Grace Eleanor Hadow (1907)
"CHAPTER III FRENCH INFLUENCE: ROMANCE, fabliau, AND BALLAD AMONG the verse forms
of Northern France one of the most popular was the fabliau, ..."
4. Chrestomathie de L'ancien Français (VIIIe-XVe Siècles): Accompagnée D'une by Karl Bartsch, Leo Wiese (1920)
"LE fabliau DES PERDRIX. général et complet des fabliaux des XIII» et XIV» siècles,
publiés par A. de Mo* ¡aiglon, 1.1. Pont 1872, p. 188—193. ..."
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