02185nam 2200553Ia 450 991078091810332120230607223535.01-282-45240-197866124524060-567-15665-6(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 centuryFrench literature841.4Slater Maya1519002MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780918103321The craft of La Fontaine3756862UNINA