Tout en étant incontournable, le Nouveau recueil complet des fabliaux est-il vraiment irréprochable ?

Through a critical examination of the NCRF, Luciano Rossi points out three major weaknesses : the absence of historical perspective, the ecdotic principles and the lack of codicological information. On these grounds he suggests numerous historical and philological revisions and new attributions. Precise remarks call for a more general discussion on the legitimacy of the corpus established by the NRCF, but also on the responsibility such an undertaking represents.