Inspired new translations of the work of one of the world's greatest fabulists Told in an elegant style, Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-95) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which ...

Author: Jean La Fontaine

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

ISBN: 0252091671

Category: Literary Criticism

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Inspired new translations of the work of one of the world's greatest fabulists Told in an elegant style, Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-95) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express his penetrating insights into French society and the beasts found in all of us. Norman R. Shapiro has been translating La Fontaine's fables for over twenty years, capturing the original work's lively mix of plain and archaic language. This newly complete translation is destined to set the English standard for this work. Awarded the Lewis Galantière Prize by the American Translators Association, 2008.

CHAPTER I MEANINGS IN ' LA CIGALE ET LA FOURMI ' We can reach a working definition of what a fable is by beginning , as La Fontaine himself did , with one of the best known of all the fables , ' La Cigale et la Fourmi ' .

Author: Andrew Calder

Publisher: Librairie Droz

ISBN: 2600004645

Category: Fables

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Tel Socrate, La Fontaine a invité ses lecteurs à participer à son observation de l'humanité et à porter un regard détaché et lucide sur celle-ci.

Author: Andreas Beschorner

Publisher: Gunter Narr Verlag

ISBN: 3823348655

Category: Aesop's fables

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Jean de La Fontaine. 300 FABLE XV 8888 OBDBA 000 ' Tis oft from chance opinion takes its rise , And into reputation multiplies . This prologue finds pat applications In men of all this world's vocations ; For fashion , prejudice , and ...

Author: Jean de La Fontaine

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ISBN: HARVARD:32044105555023

Category: Fables

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It is tempting to see here a wry suggestion on La Fontaine's part- coming full circle at the end of his collection and , indeed , his life - that even the ant , arrogantly provident as he depicts her in his earliest fable , " La Cigale ...

Author: Jean de La Fontaine

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

ISBN: 0252066502

Category: Fables, French

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These wonderfully wrought moral tales will as easily charm children with bright and basic truths as they will delight adults drawn to their reflectively subtle, sophisticated facets of wit and wisdom.

A heavily illustrated reprint of a 1927 edition of La Fontaine's fables contains the original French verses and new English translations of such tales as "The Crow and the Fox" and "The Heron."

Author: Jean de La Fontaine

Publisher: Courier Corporation

ISBN: 9780486498478

Category: Art

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A heavily illustrated reprint of a 1927 edition of La Fontaine's fables contains the original French verses and new English translations of such tales as "The Crow and the Fox" and "The Heron."

His was the politeness of a warm and unsuspecting heart . He never concealed his confidence , in the fear that it might turn out to be misplaced . His second collection of fables , containing five bocks , La Fontaine published in 1678-9 ...

Author: Jean de La Fontaine

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ISBN: HARVARD:HNT47J

Category: Fables

Page: 128

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Popular Books by Jean de la Fontaine : All times Bestseller Demanding Books Jean de la Fontaine. THE MAN AND HIS IMAGE This is one of La Fontaine's most admired fables, and is one of the few for which he did not go for the groundwork to ...

Author: Jean de la Fontaine

Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB

ISBN: 9782021091304

Category: Fiction

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The Fables by Jean de La Fontaine are considered classics of French literature. Collecting fables from a variety of sources, La Fontaine then adapted them into verse. Consisting of twelve books and 239 fables in all, these were originally aimed at adults, but have since been taught to children as a way to educate them in morals. At times they have been mixed in with the fables of Aesop. The sources for the fables are wide ranging, from Aesop to Boccaccio, from Babrius to Machiavelli - even drawing at times from ancient Indian collections of tales. Full chapter list. № 72 in Anne Haight's List of Banned Books.

His second collection of fables , containing five books , La Fontaine published in 1678-9 , with a dedication to Madame de Montespan ; the previous six books were republished at the same time , revised and enlarged .

Author: Jean de La Fontaine

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ISBN: OXFORD:600031445

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His second collection of fables , containing five books , La Fontaine published in 1678-9 , with a dedication to Madame de Montespan ; the previous six books were republished at the same time , revised and enlarged .

Author: Jean de LA FONTAINE

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ISBN: BL:A0020498125

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