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Complete Tales in Verse
Jean de La Fontaine
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paperback. The "Contes et nouvelles en vers" are the fruit of the author's wicked delight in the tales he found in Boccacio's "Decameron", Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso", Rabelais and elsewhere. Marital misdemeanours, resourceful females, addled males, proved the inspiration for some richly inventive plotting. Translator(s): Waldman, Guido. Series: Poetry pleiade. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
Generations of children have been brought up on La Fontaine's "Fables". Only an absent-minded or perversely liberal parent, however, would leave the same author's "Contes et nouvelles en vers" lying around the nursery. The first volume was published three years before the Fables started to appear. They were the fruit of his wicked delight in the tales he found in Boccacio's "Decameron", Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso", Rabelais and elsewhere. Marital misdemeanours, resourceful females, addled males, proved the inspiration for some richly inventive plotting. He retold the stories in his own words, commenting on them wryly as he went along.
Generations of children have been brought up on La Fontaine's "Fables". Only an absent-minded or perversely liberal parent, however, would leave the same author's "Contes et nouvelles en vers" lying around the nursery. The first volume was published three years before the Fables started to appear. They were the fruit of his wicked delight in the tales he found in Boccacio's "Decameron", Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso", Rabelais and elsewhere. Marital misdemeanours, resourceful females, addled males, proved the inspiration for some richly inventive plotting. He retold the stories in his own words, commenting on them wryly as he went along.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Poetry pleiade
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857544824
SKU
V9781857544824
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99-12
About Jean de La Fontaine
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE (1621-95) was born in the north-east of France. His passion for poetry made him late for prayers, which in combination with histaste for satirical verse about his masters, led to expulsion from his religious order. Years at court, where he sought approval and provoked outrage, secured patronage and security that lasted to his death. Guido Waldman, ... Read more
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