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Author:

De Weever, Jacqueline, 1932-

Title:

Aesop and the imprint of medieval thought : a study of six fables as translated at the end of the Middle Ages / Jacqueline de Weever.

Publisher:

McFarland & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

vii, 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Aesop's fables--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Aesop's fables--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Fables, Greek--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Fables, Greek--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Translating and interpreting--Italy--History.
Aesop--Influence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"This work studies two medieval translations of Aesop's fables, one in Latin (Esopus moralisatus,1497) and one in vernacular Italian (Aesopi fabule,1526), with a close examination of how each translation reflected its audience and its translator. It offers close readings of the "Feast of Tongues" along with six fables common to both texts"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0786459557 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786459551 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)635492236

LCCN:

2010044527

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)