The English Fable Aesop and Literary Culture, 1651-1740 |
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Author:
| Lewis, Jayne Elizabeth |
Contribution by:
| Erskine-Hill, Howard Richetti, John |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-48111-3 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1996 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $83.99 |
Book Description:
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Between 1651 and 1740 there was in England an explosion of interest in Aesop's fables, and in the fable as a literary form. Jayne Elizabeth Lewis shows how the fable, often underestimated because of its links with popular non-literary forms, played a major role in the formation of modern English culture.
Between 1651 and 1740 there was in England an explosion of interest in Aesop's fables, and in the fable as a literary form. Jayne Elizabeth Lewis shows how the fable, often underestimated because of its links with popular non-literary forms, played a major role in the formation of modern English culture.