"Holy Deadlock" and Further Ribaldries: Another Dozen Medieval French Plays in Modern English

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2017

"Holy Deadlock" and Further Ribaldries

Another Dozen Medieval French Plays in Modern English

Edited by: Jody Enders

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293593

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About this book

Crafted with a wit and contemporary sensibility that make them playable half-a-millennium later, Jody Enders's translations of twelve medieval French farces take on the hilariously depressing—and depressingly hilarious—state of holy wedlock.

Author / Editor information

Jody Enders is Distinguished Professor of French at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is editor and translator of "The Farce of the Fart" and Other Ribaldries: Twelve Medieval French Plays in Modern English, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"Scurrilous, sexy, stupid, satirical, scatological, side-splitting, and probably something else beginning with 's,' Jody Enders's translation of twelve French farces is a real discovery that goes a long way to readjusting our perception of the Middle Ages. Enders is a great champion of comedy at its most vulgar and hilarious. She points out that however silly or banal these farces may appear to us, they nonetheless confront the real controversies of their day over the law, politics, religion, social order, or the battle of the sexes. Thoroughly grounded in her academic approach to the subject, Enders nevertheless writes with liveliness and humor and wit. She is unafraid to reference modern comedy in her translations and insists on the primacy of performance in assessing these comedies from half a millennium ago."—Terry Jones, on Enders's Farce of the Fart

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
On Abbreviations, Short Titles, and Endnotes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction, Part Deux: Seriously Funny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
About This Translation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Brief Plot Summaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Actors’ Prologue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
1. The Newlywed Game. Le Conseil au Nouveau Marié Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
2. The Shithouse. Le Retraict Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
3. Pots and Scams, or, The Farce of the Kettle-Maker. Un Chaudronnier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
4. For the Birds, or, Conjugal Birdplay. La Mauvaistié des femmes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
5. The Jackass Conjecture, or, Animal Husbandry. Le Pont aux ânes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
6. Match, Point, Counterpoint, or, The Old Lover vs. the Young Lover. Le Viel Amoureulx et le Jeune Amoureulx Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
7. Holy Deadlock, or, The Pilgrimage of Marriage. Le Pèlerinage de mariage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
8. Bitches and Pussycats, or, Butting Heads, Peace of Ass. Les Deux Maris et leurs deux femmes dont l’une a male tête et l’autre est tendre du cul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
9. Wife Swap: A Musical Comedy, or, The Taming, Pas de Deux. Le Savatier, Marguet, Jacquet, Proserpine et l’Oste Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
10. Husband Swap, or, Swap Meat. Le Trocheur de maris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	318
11. Extreme Husband Makeover, or, Lost and Foundry. Les Femmes qui font refondre leurs maris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	340
12. Marriage with a Grain of Salt. Les Hommes qui font saller leurs femmes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	394
Appendix: Scholarly References to Copyrighted Materials Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	443
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	517
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	535

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 552
Illustrations
- Other: 12 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies

eBook

Published: January 18, 2017
ISBN: 9780812293593