"Holy Deadlock" and Further Ribaldries (Ebook) von Jody Enders

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.

On Abbreviations, Short Titles, and Endnotes
Introduction, Part Deux: Seriously Funny
About This Translation
—Une Traduction engagée, a Feminist Appropriation
—On Anonymity, Naming, and Renaming
—Critical Apparatus
—Editions and Printed Sources
—Order of Presentation
—Stage Directions
—Money, Money, Money
—Grammar, Style, and "Foreign-Language" Materials
—Prose, Verse, Music, and Choreography
Brief Plot Summaries

THE PLAYS
Actors' Prologue
1. The Newlywed Game [Le Conseil au Nouveau Marié] (RBM, #1)
2. The Shithouse [Le Retraict] (RLV, #54)
3. Pots and Scams, or, The Farce of the Kettle-Maker [Un Chaudronnier] (RBM, #30)
4. For the Birds, or, Conjugal Birdplay [La Mauvaistié des femmes] (RC, #48)
5. The Jackass Conjecture, or, Animal Husbandry [Le Pont aux ânes] (RBM, #25)
6. Match, Point, Counterpoint, or, The Old Lover vs. the Young Lover [Le Viel Amoureulx et le Jeune Amoureulx] (RLV, #9)
7. Holy Deadlock, or, The Pilgrimage of Marriage [Le Pèlerinage de mariage] (RLV, #19)
8. Bitches and Pussycats, or, Peace of Ass [Les Deux Maris et leurs deux femmes dont l'une a male tête et l'autre est tendre du cul] (RBM, #10)
9. Wife Swap: A Musical Comedy, or, The Taming, Pas de Deux [Le Savatier, Marguet, Jacquet, Proserpine et l'Oste] (RLV, #74)
10. Husband Swap, or, Swap Meat [Le Trocheur de maris] (RLV, #60)
11. Extreme Husband Makeover, or, Lost and Foundry [Les Femmes qui font refondre leurs maris] (RBM, #6)
12. Marriage with a Grain of Salt [Les Hommes qui font saller leurs femmes] (published in Rouen, 1600)

Appendix: Scholarly References to Copyrighted Materials
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments

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