Title: A merchant's wife on knight's adventure
First published: 1999
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
LC classification: PT887 .S36 1999