Author: James Russell Lowell
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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A Fable for Critics
Author: James Russell Lowell
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Studies
Author: State University of Iowa
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Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Languages : en
Pages : 878
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The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Author: Bruce Shaw
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786455985
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for writing them and their resonance for readers (and listeners) remain consistent to the present. This work argues that they were essential sources of amusement and instruction--and were also often profoundly unsettling. Such authors in the realm of the animal fable as Tolkien, Freud, Voltaire, Bakhtin, Cordwainer Smith, Karel Capek, Vladimir Propp, and many more are discussed.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786455985
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for writing them and their resonance for readers (and listeners) remain consistent to the present. This work argues that they were essential sources of amusement and instruction--and were also often profoundly unsettling. Such authors in the realm of the animal fable as Tolkien, Freud, Voltaire, Bakhtin, Cordwainer Smith, Karel Capek, Vladimir Propp, and many more are discussed.
The Ancient Fable
Author: Niklas Holzberg
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253215482
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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It appears that fable was not recognised as a distinct literary genre in antiquity although it did exist in a recognisable form.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253215482
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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It appears that fable was not recognised as a distinct literary genre in antiquity although it did exist in a recognisable form.
Report of the Johns Hopkins University
Author: Johns Hopkins University
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Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Aesopic Conversations
Author: Leslie Kurke
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400836565
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Examining the figure of Aesop and the traditions surrounding him, Aesopic Conversations offers a portrait of what Greek popular culture might have looked like in the ancient world. What has survived from the literary record of antiquity is almost entirely the product of an elite of birth, wealth, and education, limiting our access to a fuller range of voices from the ancient past. This book, however, explores the anonymous Life of Aesop and offers a different set of perspectives. Leslie Kurke argues that the traditions surrounding this strange text, when read with and against the works of Greek high culture, allow us to reconstruct an ongoing conversation of "great" and "little" traditions spanning centuries. Evidence going back to the fifth century BCE suggests that Aesop participated in the practices of nonphilosophical wisdom (sophia) while challenging it from below, and Kurke traces Aesop's double relation to this wisdom tradition. She also looks at the hidden influence of Aesop in early Greek mimetic or narrative prose writings, focusing particularly on the Socratic dialogues of Plato and the Histories of Herodotus. Challenging conventional accounts of the invention of Greek prose and recognizing the problematic sociopolitics of humble prose fable, Kurke provides a new approach to the beginnings of prose narrative and what would ultimately become the novel. Delving into Aesop, his adventures, and his crafting of fables, Aesopic Conversations shows how this low, noncanonical figure was--unexpectedly--central to the construction of ancient Greek literature. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400836565
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Examining the figure of Aesop and the traditions surrounding him, Aesopic Conversations offers a portrait of what Greek popular culture might have looked like in the ancient world. What has survived from the literary record of antiquity is almost entirely the product of an elite of birth, wealth, and education, limiting our access to a fuller range of voices from the ancient past. This book, however, explores the anonymous Life of Aesop and offers a different set of perspectives. Leslie Kurke argues that the traditions surrounding this strange text, when read with and against the works of Greek high culture, allow us to reconstruct an ongoing conversation of "great" and "little" traditions spanning centuries. Evidence going back to the fifth century BCE suggests that Aesop participated in the practices of nonphilosophical wisdom (sophia) while challenging it from below, and Kurke traces Aesop's double relation to this wisdom tradition. She also looks at the hidden influence of Aesop in early Greek mimetic or narrative prose writings, focusing particularly on the Socratic dialogues of Plato and the Histories of Herodotus. Challenging conventional accounts of the invention of Greek prose and recognizing the problematic sociopolitics of humble prose fable, Kurke provides a new approach to the beginnings of prose narrative and what would ultimately become the novel. Delving into Aesop, his adventures, and his crafting of fables, Aesopic Conversations shows how this low, noncanonical figure was--unexpectedly--central to the construction of ancient Greek literature. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
Report of the President of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Author: Johns Hopkins University
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Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Languages : en
Pages : 350
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The Bookman
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
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A Comparative Study of the Political Communication Styles of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair
Author: Olugbenga Chris Ayeni
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Expands the database in comparative cross-national political communication, and thereby establishes the basis for generalizations about, and comparisons of, the campaign styles of Blair and Clinton.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Expands the database in comparative cross-national political communication, and thereby establishes the basis for generalizations about, and comparisons of, the campaign styles of Blair and Clinton.
Annual Report of the President of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Author: Johns Hopkins University
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Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Languages : en
Pages : 748
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