INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION xiii
6. CHAPTER 1. THE SATIRIC FICTION OF THE YSENGRIMUS 1
7. CHAPTER 2. RAPE AND ADULTERY 17
8. CHAPTER 3. MORALS, JUSTICE AND GEOPOLITICS IN THE REINHART FUCHS OF THE ALSATIAN HEINRICH DER GLICHEZAERE 37
9. CHAPTER 4. MEDIEVAL FRENCH AND DUTCH RENARDIAN EPICS: BETWEEN LITERATURE AND SOCIETY 55
10. CHAPTER 5. THE PRINTED DUTCH REYNAERT TRADITION 73
11. CHAPTER 6. THE FLEMISH REYNAERT AS AN IDEOLOGICAL WEAPON 105
12. CHAPTER 7. THE ILL-FATED CONSEQUENCE OF THE TOM-CAT’S JUMP, AND ITS ILLUSTRATION 113
13. CHAPTER 8. CHOIR-STALL CARVINGS OF REYNARD AND OTHER FOXES 125
14. CHAPTER 9. REYNARD IN ENGLAND: FROM CAXTON TO THE PRESENT 163
15. CHAPTER 10. HARTMANN SCHOPPER’S LATIN REINIKE OF 1567 175
16. CHAPTER 11. THE POLITICAL IMPORT OF GOETHE’S REINEKE FUCHS 191
17. CHAPTER 12. PAUL WEBER’S SATIRICAL USE OF REINEKE IN CARTOON FORM 209
18. CHAPTER 13. THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE ROMAN DE RENART 221
19. CHAPTER 14. THE FOX AND THE WOLF IN THE WELL: THE METAMORPHOSES OF A COMIC MOTIF 245
20. CHAPTER 15. THE FOX AND THE HARE: AN ODD COUPLE 257
21. THE CONTRIBUTORS 269
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY 273
23. INDEX OF NAMES AND TITLES 283