1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812015803321

Autore

Slater Maya

Titolo

The craft of LaFontaine / / Maya Slater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Athlone Press

Madison [N.J.], : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Cranbury, NJ, : Associated University Presses, 2001

ISBN

1-282-45240-1

9786612452406

0-567-15665-6

Edizione

[U.S. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

841.4

Soggetti

French literature - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Note on the Translations; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; I: STYLE; II: IMAGERY; III: ANIMALS; IV: CHARACTERS; V: CREATING A WORLD; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study provides a detailed account of the ""Fables"", including humour, the representation of animals, the literary qualities and the ""moraliste"" core. Dr Slater brings to light veiled satirical attacks, allusion to forgotten works and literature, and traces the obscure currents of thought, all this in the service of explicating the ""fable"" element.