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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1986
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The Renart cycle, which originated in France in the last
years of the twelfth century in a series of "branches,"
am o ng them in particular Branch II-Va of Pierre de Saint-Cloud, eventually appeared in England in Chaucer's "Nun's
Priest's Tale." Nineteenth-century criticism of the Roman de Renart, emphasizing true-to-life detail, has been rejected by twentieth-century critics who defend especially
the satiric elements in the story. There is, however,
another dimension to the Renart cycle, that is, the
disruptive yet attractive force of the fox, which Chaucer
allows to emerge in the "Nun's Priest's Tale," although
Chaucer criticism has generally neglected the importance of
daun Russell in the tale. He is glorified throughout the
"fable section," and his presence is felt indirectly
throughout the whole tale. The fox-trickster represents the
comic and "accidental" view of life developed by Chaucer in
his Canterbury Tales.
years of the twelfth century in a series of "branches,"
am o ng them in particular Branch II-Va of Pierre de Saint-Cloud, eventually appeared in England in Chaucer's "Nun's
Priest's Tale." Nineteenth-century criticism of the Roman de Renart, emphasizing true-to-life detail, has been rejected by twentieth-century critics who defend especially
the satiric elements in the story. There is, however,
another dimension to the Renart cycle, that is, the
disruptive yet attractive force of the fox, which Chaucer
allows to emerge in the "Nun's Priest's Tale," although
Chaucer criticism has generally neglected the importance of
daun Russell in the tale. He is glorified throughout the
"fable section," and his presence is felt indirectly
throughout the whole tale. The fox-trickster represents the
comic and "accidental" view of life developed by Chaucer in
his Canterbury Tales.
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Extent
92 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
14290
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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.
Date Backup
1986
Date Text
1986
Date Issued (EDTF)
1986
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FADT14290
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of English
Person Preferred Name
BAUDOUIN, JOELLE RENEE
Graduate College
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92 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
COMIC SPIRIT OF RENART, THE TRICKSTER, IN CHAUCER'S "NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE"
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Origin Information
1986
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Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Digital Library
Title
COMIC SPIRIT OF RENART, THE TRICKSTER, IN CHAUCER'S "NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE"
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THE
COMIC SPIRIT OF RENART, THE TRICKSTER, IN CHAUCER'S "NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE"