A hundred merry tales : and other English jestbooks of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries

Author:: Zall, Paul M.
Published:: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1963]
Copyright Date:: [©1963]
Physical Description:: 394 pages : facsimiles ; 21 cm.

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Series:

Bison book ; BB171

Contents:

The natural history of jestbooks, an introduction.--William Caxton: The fables of Alfonce and Poge (1484)--A hundred merry tales (1526)--Howleglass (1528?)--Tales and quick answers (1535?)--Merry tales ... made by Master Skelton (1567)--Selections from The mirrour of mirth (1583)--Glossary.

Subject(s):

English wit and humor

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