Fables of Power : Aesopian Writing and Political History /

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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...

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Main Author: Patterson, Annabel M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1991.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Aesopus. > Fabulae.
Aesop.
Aesop > Appreciation > Great Britain.
Aesop's fables.
Aesop's fables > Parodies, imitations, etc.
Engels.
Politiek.
Fabels.
Rezeption
Politics and literature.
Politics and government
Political poetry, English.
Political fiction, English.
Fables, Greek > Appreciation.
Fables, English.
English literature > Greek influences.
English literature > Early modern.
Art appreciation.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Fables anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Fables grecques > Appreciation > Grande-Bretagne.
Poesie politique anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Politique-fiction anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Politique et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Politique et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Fables, English > History and criticism.
Fables, Greek > Appreciation > Great Britain.
Political poetry, English > History and criticism.
Political fiction, English > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
England
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1603-1714.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1485-1603.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1603-1714.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1485-1603.
Parodies, imitations, etc.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (184 pages).
ISBN:9780822382577

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