02218nam 2200565Ia 450 991045699700332120200520144314.01-282-45240-197866124524060-567-15665-6(CKB)2550000000002308(EBL)472751(OCoLC)574367898(SSID)ssj0000336293(PQKBManifestationID)12083526(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336293(PQKBWorkID)10281835(PQKB)11636245(MiAaPQ)EBC472751(Au-PeEL)EBL472751(CaPaEBR)ebr10362049(OCoLC)893334689(EXLCZ)99255000000000230820001103d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe craft of La Fontaine[electronic resource] /Maya SlaterU.S. ed.London Athlone Press ;Madison [N.J.] Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;Cranbury, NJ Associated University Presses20011 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-485-11567-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-248) and index.Contents; Note on the Translations; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; I: STYLE; II: IMAGERY; III: ANIMALS; IV: CHARACTERS; V: CREATING A WORLD; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis 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.French literature17th centuryElectronic books.French literature841.4Slater Maya872938MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456997003321The craft of La Fontaine2054057UNINA