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Definition of Fabliaux
1. fabliau [n] - See also: fabliau
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fabliaux
Literary usage of Fabliaux
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Literature: From the Norman Conquest to Chaucer by William Henry Schofield (1906)
"fabliaux Occasionally of Oriental origin are the merry tales in verse known ...
Though only a few fabliaux are extant in English verse, it is certain that ..."
2. The History of French Literature from the Oath of Strasburg to Chanticler by Annie Lemp Konta (1909)
"The fabliaux originated with the bourgeoisie, just about the time when that ...
The middle class also had its place in the fabliaux ; and this place was ..."
3. A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury (1892)
"Such are a very few, selected as well as may be for their typical Sources of
character, of these stories. It is not unimportant to fabliaux. consider ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Another class of fabliaux is that which comprises jests against the professions;
in this, the most prominent example is Le Vilain Mire, a satire on doctors, ..."
5. A Literary History of France by Emile Faguet (1907)
"Those which bear most affinity to "our own fabliaux are the "Milesian Fables"
written by ... The French fabliaux, of which there are a very large number, ..."
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