1975, ISBN: 0231038585

[EAN: 9780231038584], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.5], [PU: Columbia University Press], Jacket, 177 p. Schutzumschlag etwas abgenutzt, insgesamt vergilbt, sonst guter Zustand / D… More...

[EAN: 9780231038584], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.5], [PU: Columbia University Press], Jacket, 177 p. Schutzumschlag etwas abgenutzt, insgesamt vergilbt, sonst guter Zustand / Dust jacket somewhat worn, overall yellowed, otherwise in good condition. - In the eighteenth century a clear moral lesson was expected as the foundation of all literature. Educators and men of letters thus welcomed the Aesopian fable for its unique blend of didacticism, poetry, and disarming naturalness. Literally hundreds of volumes of fables were published during the century, as well as scores of theoretical studies. Such influential figures as Lessing, Herder, and Rousseau took the fable seriously; they discussed it, analyzed it, and developed precise theories of it. This fascinating study traces the course of the fable phenomenon from the upsurge of interest in the latter half of the seventeenth century through the wide popular and critical attention accorded it in the eighteenth century, until its decline toward the end of the century as a workable literary genre. The study concentrates on the major theorists in English, French, German, and Spanish who undertook to define the form and purpose of the fable. It shows how these theorists viewed the works of such master fabulists as Aesop, La Fontaine, and Phaedrus, as well as of many minor practitioners of the form; and it discusses their analyses of the elements of structure, plot, and animal characterization that make up a successful fable. This volume presents the varying ways in which the fable has been interpreted—as a "moral instruction," as a vehicle for revolutionary social and political views, and, in its personification of animals and physical objects, as an expression of man’s unity with the natural world. The fable is also looked at as part of the progressive educational climate of the time, particular. ISBN 9780231038584 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 782 Leinen mit Schutzumschlag / Cloth with dust jacket., Books<

1975, ISBN: 9780231038584

177 p. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag / Cloth with dust jacket. Schutzumschlag etwas abgenutzt, insgesamt vergilbt, sonst guter Zustand / Dust jacket somewhat worn, overall yellowed, otherwise… More...

177 p. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag / Cloth with dust jacket. Schutzumschlag etwas abgenutzt, insgesamt vergilbt, sonst guter Zustand / Dust jacket somewhat worn, overall yellowed, otherwise in good condition. - In the eighteenth century a clear moral lesson was expected as the foundation of all literature. Educators and men of letters thus welcomed the Aesopian fable for its unique blend of didacticism, poetry, and disarming naturalness. Literally hundreds of volumes of fables were published during the century, as well as scores of theoretical studies. Such influential figures as Lessing, Herder, and Rousseau took the fable seriously; they discussed it, analyzed it, and developed precise theories of it. This fascinating study traces the course of the fable phenomenon from the upsurge of interest in the latter half of the seventeenth century through the wide popular and critical attention accorded it in the eighteenth century, until its decline toward the end of the century as a workable literary genre. The study concentrates on the major theorists in English, French, German, and Spanish who undertook to define the form and purpose of the fable. It shows how these theorists viewed the works of such master fabulists as Aesop, La Fontaine, and Phaedrus, as well as of many minor practitioners of the form; and it discusses their analyses of the elements of structure, plot, and animal characterization that make up a successful fable. This volume presents the varying ways in which the fable has been interpretedas a moral instruction, as a vehicle for revolutionary social and political views, and, in its personification of animals and physical objects, as an expression of mans unity with the natural world. The fable is also looked at as part of the progressive educational climate of the time, particular. ISBN 9780231038584 Versand D: 4,50 EUR , [PU:Columbia University Press,]<