Aesop and the Imprint of Medieval Thought: A Study of Six Fables as Translated at the End of the Middle Ages

by Jacqueline de Weever

Book Overview

This work studies two medieval translations of Aesop's fables, one in Latin (1497) and one in vernacular Italian (1526), with a close examination of how each translation reflected its audience and its translator. It offers close readings of the "Feast of Tongues" along with six fables common to both texts: "The House Mouse and the Field Mouse," "The Lion and the Mouse," "The Nightingale and the Sparrow Hawk," "The Wolf and the Lamb," "The Fly and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786459557
• ISBN13: 9780786459551
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher