Author: Aesop
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853261282
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.
Aesop's Fables
Author: Aesop
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853261282
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853261282
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.
Little Book of Fables
Author:
Publisher: Groundwood Books
ISBN: 9780888995735
Category : Aesop's fables
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A retelling of 15 of Aesop's fables and five other famous stories.
Publisher: Groundwood Books
ISBN: 9780888995735
Category : Aesop's fables
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A retelling of 15 of Aesop's fables and five other famous stories.
History of the Graeco-Latin Fable
Author: Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004351205
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 759
Book Description
Spanning from Sumer to the present day few literary genres show greater continuity throughout their history than the fable. Historical evidence reaching as far back as Antiquity, supports the study of more than 500 works considered to be fables. This translation of the original Spanish, standard work on the fable, traces the history of the Graeco-Latin fable, investigates its origins, reconstructs lost collections from the Hellenistic Age, and establishes relationships between the fablist of the Imperial Age and the study of Medieval, Greek and Latin fables. Supplements at the end of each chapter have been added, giving information on a new bibliography and some new data, together with references to subsequent studies.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004351205
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 759
Book Description
Spanning from Sumer to the present day few literary genres show greater continuity throughout their history than the fable. Historical evidence reaching as far back as Antiquity, supports the study of more than 500 works considered to be fables. This translation of the original Spanish, standard work on the fable, traces the history of the Graeco-Latin fable, investigates its origins, reconstructs lost collections from the Hellenistic Age, and establishes relationships between the fablist of the Imperial Age and the study of Medieval, Greek and Latin fables. Supplements at the end of each chapter have been added, giving information on a new bibliography and some new data, together with references to subsequent studies.
How to Tell Stories to Children
Author: Sara Cone Bryant
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The stories which are given in the following pages are for the most part those which I have found to be best liked by the children to whom I have told these and others. I have tried to reproduce the form in whihc I actually tell them--although that invariably varies with every repetition--feeling that it would be of greater value to another story-teller than a more closely literary form. My hope is that this book may be of use to those who have much to do with children. -- Preface.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The stories which are given in the following pages are for the most part those which I have found to be best liked by the children to whom I have told these and others. I have tried to reproduce the form in whihc I actually tell them--although that invariably varies with every repetition--feeling that it would be of greater value to another story-teller than a more closely literary form. My hope is that this book may be of use to those who have much to do with children. -- Preface.
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Aesop’s Animals
Author: Jo Wimpenny
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1399401521
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Turns a critical eye on Aesop's Fables to ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race? In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of the animal kingdom. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest findings on some of the most fascinating branches of ethological research – the study of why animals do the things they do. In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topic – future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception – concluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fable's portrayal from a scientific perspective. By sifting fact from fiction in one of the most beloved texts of our culture, Aesop's Animals explores and challenges our preconceived notions about animals, the way they behave, and the roles we both play in our shared world.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1399401521
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Turns a critical eye on Aesop's Fables to ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race? In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of the animal kingdom. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest findings on some of the most fascinating branches of ethological research – the study of why animals do the things they do. In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topic – future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception – concluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fable's portrayal from a scientific perspective. By sifting fact from fiction in one of the most beloved texts of our culture, Aesop's Animals explores and challenges our preconceived notions about animals, the way they behave, and the roles we both play in our shared world.
Catalogue ... of the books of the St. Louis public school library
Author: John Jay Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Catalogue Classified and Alphabetical of the Books of the St. Louis Public School Library, Including Also the Collections of the St. Louis Academy of Science, and St. Louis Law. School
Author: John Jay Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The Rubaʾiyat of Omar Khayyām
Author: Omar Khayyam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, Persian
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, Persian
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description