Mastering Aesop : medieval education, Chaucer, and his followers /

"In this first study of a text from the primary school canon, Edward Wheatley examines fable as a mode of discourse in its medieval curricular context and then discusses the ways in which it influenced the work of Chaucer, Lydgate, and Henryson."--Jacket

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wheatley, Edward
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2000.
Temas:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Nun's priest's tale.
Lydgate, John, > 1370?-1451? > Knowledge > Literature.
Henryson, Robert, > 1430?-1506? > Morall fabillis of Esope the Phrygian.
Lydgate, John, > 1370?-1451?
Aesop's fables.
Aesop's fables
Morall fabillis of Esope the Phrygian (Henryson, Robert)
Nun's priest's tale (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
1100-1500
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Fables, Greek > Adaptations > History and criticism.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Greek influences.
Fables, English > History and criticism.
Education, Medieval > Great Britain.
Animals in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Influence grecque.
Fables anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Animaux dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Animals in literature
Literature
Education, Medieval
English literature > Middle English
Fables, English
Fables, Greek > Adaptations
Bellettrie.
Middelengels.
Fabels.
Onderwijs.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Figuring the Fable and Its Father
  • 2. Theories of Fable: Telling Truth, Fearing Falsehood
  • 3. Toward a Grammar of Fable Reading in Its Pedagogical Context
  • 4. Commentary Displacing Text: The Nun's Priest's Tale and the Process of Reading Curricular Fable
  • 5. John Lydgate's Isopes Fabules: Appropriation through Amplification
  • 6. Robert Henryson's Morall Fabillis: Reading, Enacting, and Appropriating
  • Afterword: Toward the Renaissance, Beyond Latin Curricular Fable.

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