Title Fables of power : Aesopian writing and political history / Annabel Patterson

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 1991

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Description 1 online resource (177 pages) Series Post-contemporary interventions Post-contemporary interventions. e-Duke books scholarly collection. Contents Aesop's Life: Fathering the Fable -- Fables of Power: The Sixteenth Century -- "The Fable Is Inverted": 1628-1700 -- Body Fables -- "The World Is Chang'd": 1700-2000 -- Postscript Summary In this imaginative and illuminating work, Annabel Patterson traces the origins and meanings of the Aesopian fable, as well as its function in Renaissance culture and subsequently. She shows how the fable worked as a medium of political analysis and communication, especially from or on behalf of the politically powerless. Patterson begins with an analysis of the legendary Life of Aesop, its cultural history and philosophical implications, a topic that involves such widely separated figures as La Fontaine, Hegel, and Vygotsky. The myth's origin is recovered here in the saving myt Analysis English literature Related to Politics Great Britain Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Aesop -- Appreciation -- Great Britain SUBJECT Aesop fast Aesopus. Fabulae. swd Aesop's fables -- Parodies, imitations, etc Aesop's fables. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81128830 Aesop's fables fast Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Political fiction, English -- History and criticism Political poetry, English -- History and criticism Fables, Greek -- Appreciation -- Great Britain Fables, English -- History and criticism English literature -- Greek influences. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Art appreciation English literature -- Early modern English literature -- Greek influences Fables, English Fables, Greek -- Appreciation Political fiction, English Political poetry, English Politics and literature Politics and government Rezeption Fabels. Politiek. Engels. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1603. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056883 Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1714. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056891 Subject Great Britain England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Parodies, imitations, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 90046299 ISBN 9780822382577 0822382571 1282919776 9781282919778 9786612919770 6612919779 0822311062 9780822311065

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