附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-208) and index.
Introduction: Laughter, Play, and Fiction -- Reading for Sentence versus Reading for Solas : A Broadening Example -- The Spirit versus the Flesh in Art and Interpretation -- Power and Play: The Consolations of Fiction I -- Dangerous Desires and Play: The Consolations of Fiction II -- Breaking Verbal Taboos: The Consolations of Fiction III -- "Straw for Youre Gentillesse": Symbolic Rebellion in the Canterbury Tales -- Deauthorizing the Text: Setting Up the Game of the Canterbury Tales -- Conclusion: The Canterbury Tales as Stabilized and Stabilizing Structure.