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Of þe vox and of þe wolf
Titre: | Of þe vox and of þe wolf; The fox and wolf in the well |
Date: | XIIIe siècle |
Langue: | Anglais |
Genre: | Fable |
Forme: | Vers |
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Incipit: | A vox gon out of þe wode go, afingret so, þat him wes wo; he nes neuere in none wise afingret erour half so swiþe… |
Explicit: | … mid staues and speres he wes I-stounge. Þe wox bicharde him, mid Iwisse, for he ne fond nones kunnes blisse, ne hof duntes forȝeuenesse. Explicit. |
Manuscrits
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby, 86, f. 138rb-140rb [⇛ Description]
Éditions anciennes
Éditions modernes
- Altenglische Sprachproben nebst einem Wörterbuche, unter Mitwirkung von Karl Goldbeck herausgegeben von Eduard Mätzner, Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1867-1888, 5 t. en 2 vol. (ici t. 1:1, p. 130-136) [IA: t. 1:1, t. 1:2, t. 2:1, t. 2:2, t. 2:3]
- Middle English Humorous Tales in Verse, edited by George H. McKnight, Boston et London, Heath (The Belles-Lettres Series. Section II: Middle English Literature), 1913, lxxv + 156 p. (ici p. 25-37) [GB] [IA]
- A Literary Middle English Reader, edited by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Boston etc., Ginn, 1915, xxviii + 554 p. (ici p. 188-198) [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
Traductions modernes
Études
- Bercovitch, Sacvan, « Clerical satire in The Vox and the Wolf », Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 65, 1966, p. 287-294.
- Kreisler, Nicolai von, « Satire in The Fox and the Wolf », Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 69, 1970, p. 650-658.
- McKnight, G. H., « The Middle English Vox and Wolf », Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 23, 1908, p. 497-508.
- Varty, Kenneth, « The fox and the wolf in the well: the metamorphoses of a comic motif », Reynard the Fox: Social Engagement and Cultural Metamorphoses in the Beast Epic from the Middle Ages to the Present, éd. Kenneth Varty, New York et Oxford, Berghahn Books (Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections, 1), 2000, p. 245-256.
Répertoires bibliographiques
- Wells, John Edwin, A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050-1400, New Haven, Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Yale University Press, 1916, xvii + 941 p. (ici p. 183-184, no 26) [GB] [IA]
Rédaction: Laurent Brun
Dernière mise à jour: 27 septembre 2021
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