A merchant's wife on knight's adventure
An edition of A merchant's wife on knight's adventure (1999)
permutations of a medieval tale in German, Dutch and English chapbooks around 1500
By Myra J. Heerspink Scholz
Publish Date
1999
Publisher
P. Lang,Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Language
eng
Pages
266
Description:
"Popular among readers of early printed fiction was the story of a merchant's wife who transformed the misfortune of exile into an opportunity for adventure. Using Boccaccio's rendering as a backdrop, this study of four chapbook versions uncovers links between the themes of the story - fortune, merchant ethics, and women's roles - and the concerns of early modern city dwellers. The author also focuses on the experimental quality of narrative prose in the early printing years."--BOOK JACKET.
subjects: Chapbooks, Dutch Folk literature, English Folk literature, Folk literature, Dutch, Folk literature, English, Folk literature, German, German Folk literature, History, History and criticism, Medieval Tales, Merchants in literature, Tales, Medieval, Women in literature, Folk literature, history and criticism, Tales, history and criticism