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Fables of power : Aesopian writing and political history /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
1991.
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| Colección: | Post-contemporary interventions.
e-Duke books scholarly collection. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (177 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822382577 0822382571 1282919776 9781282919778 9786612919770 6612919779 0822311062 9780822311065 |