Encyclopedia of fable / Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
Encyclopedia of fable / Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
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Publisher
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998.
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G 2018/7035
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 451 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Publisher
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Fable is not only one of the most popular, enduring literary forms ever imagined: it is also one of the most democratic. Over four millennia, in cultures throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the New World, these witty, instructive tales have been created by anonymous peasants and slaves, fireside griots, kahunas, and storytellers.
The Encyclopedia of Fable explores the regional and formal traditions that make up this rich, folk-created canon, as well as fables by literary masters such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Kipling, Rumi, and Goethe. The author recounts and explores the context of classic stories of foolish errors, social blunders, and personal overreaching by the world's...
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Encyclopedia of fable / Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
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Fable.
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ABC-CLIO literary companion.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-435) and index.
State Reference Library copy at G 2018/7035 : transferred from N398.203/4
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c1998.
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G 2018/7035
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74VvrO3qBv5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvrO3qBv5O
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ISBN
1576070263 :
9781576070260 (alk. paper)
1576070263 (alk. paper)
9781576070260 :
DDC
398.203
MMS ID
991011287169702626
