''Contes et nouvelles en vers'' () is an
anthology
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of various
ribald short stories and
novella
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s collected and versified from
prose by
Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine (, , ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''Fables'', which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Euro ...
. 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'' of
Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was somet ...
,
Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto (; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic ''Orlando Furioso'' (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's ''Orlando Innamorato'', describes the ...
's ''
Orlando Furioso
''Orlando furioso'' (; ''The Frenzy of Orlando'', more loosely ''Raging Roland'') is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was no ...
'',
Antoine de la Sale's collection ''
Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles'', and the work of
Bonaventure des Périers.
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
This article presents lists of literary events and publications in the 16th century.
Events
1501
**Italic type (cut by Francesco Griffo) is first used by Aldus Manutius at the Aldine Press in Venice, in an octavo edition of Virgil's ''Aeneid'' ...
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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 ...
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