Research Catalog

Title

A merchant's wife on knight's adventure : permutations of a medieval tale in German, Dutch and English chapbooks around 1500 / Myra J. Heerspink Scholz.

Author

Scholz, Myra J. Heerspink, 1944-

Publication

New York : P. Lang, 1998.

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Description

x, 266 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"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.

Series Statement

German life and civilization ; vol. 17

Uniform Title

German life and civilization ; v. 17.

Subject

• Folk literature, German > History and criticism
• Folk literature, Dutch > History and criticism
• Folk literature, English > History and criticism
• Chapbooks > History
• Tales, Medieval > History and criticism
• Women in literature
• Merchants in literature

Note

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, 1993.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. I. The Boccaccian Tale: Second Day, Ninth Story -- Pt. II. The German Versions. The High German Chapbook: Eine liepliche histori vnd warheit von vir kaufmendern (ca. 1490). Arigo's Decameron: A Contrastive Interlude. The Low German Chapbook: Eyne schone historie van twen kopluden vnde eyner thuchtigen framen frauwen (ca. 1493) -- Pt. III. The Netherlandic Version: Van heer frederick van Jenuen in Lombaerdien (ca. 1518, 1531) -- Pt. IV. The English Version: Frederyke of Jennen (1518).

ISBN

0820425737

LCCN

94017827

OCLC

• 475225120
• ocn475225120

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries