The Complete Fables of Jean De La Fontaine
$87.34
- Paperback
504 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2007
Summary
Inspired new translations of the work of one of the world’s greatest fabulists
Told in an elegant style, Jean de la Fontaine’s (1621-95) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express his penetrating insights into French society and the beasts found in all of us. Norman R. Shapiro has been translating La Fontaine’s fables for over twenty years, capturing the original work’s lively mix of plain and archaic language…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780252073816 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0252073819 |
| Author: | Jean La Fontaine, Norman R. Shapiro, John Hollander, David Schorr |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Imprint: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 504 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 767g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 152mm x 229mm |
Critics Review
“Shapiro’s skills, and certainly his prolific output, as a translator of French poetry are unsurpassed in our time.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Norman Shapiro is a wonderfully lively and resourceful translator, who knows how to put French wit and charm into English.” Richard Wilbur, former Poet Laureate of the United States
Jean La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine (1621 1695) is the author of the four-volume “Tales and Novels in Verse”, but it was the “Fables”, which went through thirty-seven printings in his lifetime, that brought him lasting fame.
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