02238nam 2200589Ia 450 991095741300332120250226012227.097866124524069781282452404128245240197805671566550567156656(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 LaFontaine /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.9780485115673 0485115670 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 Maya1788131MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957413003321The craft of LaFontaine4322525UNINA