''Contes et nouvelles en vers'' () is an
anthology of various
ribald
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Sex is presented in ribald material more for the purpose of poking fun at ...
short stories
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and
novellas collected and versified from
prose
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by
Jean de La Fontaine. Claude Barbin of Paris published the collection in 1665.
La Fontaine drew from several French and Italian works of the 15th and 16th centuries, among them ''
The Decameron
''The Decameron'' (; it, label= Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Da ...
'' of
Giovanni Boccaccio,
Ludovico Ariosto's ''
Orlando Furioso'',
Antoine de la Sale
Antoine de la Sale (also ''la Salle'', ''de Lasalle''; 1385/861460/61) was a French courtier, educator and writer.
He participated in a number of military campaigns in his youth and he only began writing when he had reached middle age, in the late ...
's collection ''
Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles'', and the work of
Bonaventure des Périers
Bonaventure ( ; it, Bonaventura ; la, Bonaventura de Balneoregio; 1221 – 15 July 1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian Catholic Franciscan, bishop, Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal, Scholasticism, scholastic theologian ...
.
Contents
Book 1
#"Joconde", ''Orlando Furioso'' XXVIII, 4ff
#"Le Cocu batu, et content", ''Decameron'' VII.7
#"Le Mari confesseur"
#"Le Savetier"
#"La Paysan"
#"Le Muletier"
#"La Servante justifie'e"
#"La Gageure des trois commeres", ''Decameron'' VII.8 and VII.9 (with some modifications)
#"Le Calendrier des vieillards"
#"A femme avare galant escroc"
#"On ne s'avise jamais de tout"
#"Le gascon puni"
#"La Fiancée du roi de garbe"
#"La Coupe enchante'e"
#"Le Faucon"
#"Le Petit chien"
#"Paté d'anguille"
#"Le Magnifique"
#"La Matrone d'ephese"
#"Belphegor"
#"La Clochette"
#"Le Glouton"
#"Les Deux Amis"
#"Le Juge de Mesle"
#"Alis Malade"
#"Le Baiser Rendu"
#"Soeur Jeanne"
#"Imitation d'Anacreon"
#"L'Amour mouille"
#"Les Oies de frère Philippe"
#"Richard Minutolo"
#"Les cordeliers de Catalogne"
#"Le Villageois qui cherche son veau"
Book 2
#"Le Berceau"
#"L'oraison de Saint Julien"
#"L'Anneau d"ahns Carvel"
#"L'ermite"
#"Mazet de Lamporechio"
#"La mandragore"
#"Les remois"
#"La courtisane amoureuse"
#"Nicaise"
#"Comment l'esprit vient aux filles"
#"L'abbesse malade"
#"Le troquers"
#"Le cas de conscience"
#"Le diable de Papefiguiere"
#"Feronde ou le purgatoire"
#"Le psautier"
#"Le roi Candaule et le maitre en droit"
#"Les lunettes"
#"Le cuvier"
#"La chose impossible"
#"Le tableau"
#"Le Bat"
#"Le faiseur d'oreilles et le raccommodeur de moules"
#"Le fleuve Scamandre"
#"La confidente sans le savoir ou le stratageme"
#"Le remede"
#"Les aveux indiscrets"
#"Le contrat"
#"Les quiproquo"
#"La couturiere"
#"Le gascon"
#"La cruche"
#"Promettre est un et tenir est un autre"
#"Le rossignol"
See also
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15th century in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in the 15th century.
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Events
*1403 – A guild of stationers is founded in the City of London. As the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (the "Stati ...
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16th century in literature
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17th century in poetry
Works published
Denmark
* Thomas Kingo, ''Aandelige Siunge-Koor'' ("Spiritual Choirs"), hymns, some of which are still sungPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF ...
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17th-century French literature
17th-century French literature was written throughout the ''Grand Siècle'' of France, spanning the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (and the civil war called the F ...
External links
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1665 books
17th century in France
Early Modern literature
French literature
Poetry anthologies
French anthologies
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