Table of Contents:
  • The provocative body of the fabliaux / Holly A. Crocker
  • The lewd and the ludic : female pleasure in the fabliaux / Lisa Perfetti
  • Of monsters and men : the power of female imagination in Les quatre sohais Saint Martin / Susanne Hafner
  • Go-betweens : the old woman and the function of obscenity in the fabliaux / Nicole Nolan Sidhu
  • Coprus [i.e. Corpus] Christi : the scatological tales of the fabliaux / Sheila J. Nayar
  • Dressing the undressed : clothing and social structure in Old French fabliaux / Mary E. Leech
  • Conflicting economies in the fabliaux / Christian Sheridan
  • Mobility and resentment in a world of flux : arrogance in the Old French fabliaux / Kiril Petkov
  • Be careful what you wish for : folkloric caution in the fabliaux / Ellen Lorraine Friedrich
  • Chaucer's French accent : gardens and sex-talk in the Shipman's tale / Peter G. Beidler
  • Rude theory : the rough trade of the fabliaux / Cary Howie
  • Creative choices : notes on translating the Old French fabliaux / Nathaniel E. Dubin.