Mastering Aesop by Edward Wheatley

Mastering Aesop by Edward Wheatley

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Examines fable as a mode of discourse in its medieval curricular context and discusses how it influenced the work of Chaucer, Lydgate and Henryson. Wheatley traces the use of the standard Latin fable collection across Europe, how Aesop's constructions affected it and the commentaries it inspired.

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Mastering Aesop by Edward Wheatley

Examines fable as a mode of discourse in its medieval curricular context and discusses how it influenced the work of Chaucer, Lydgate and Henryson. Wheatley traces the use of the standard Latin fable collection across Europe, how Aesop's constructions affected it and the commentaries it inspired.
Edward Wheatley is Surtz Professor of Medieval Literature at Loyola University, Chicago.
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ISBN 13 9780813017457
ISBN 10 0813017459
Title Mastering Aesop
Author Edward Wheatley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University Press of Florida
Year published 2000-03-31
Number of pages 336
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