Fables of Power: Aesopian Writing and Political History

by Annabel Patterson

In this imaginative and illuminating work, Annabel Patterson traces the origins and meanings of the Aesopian fable, as well as its function in Renaissance culture and subsequently. She shows how the fable worked as a medium of political analysis and communication, especially from or on behalf of the politically powerless. Patterson begins with an analysis of the legendary Life of Aesop, its cultural history and philosophical implications, a topic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822311186
• ISBN13: 9780822311188
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.3"