Selected Works Of La Fontaine
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Selected Works Of La Fontaine
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Author : Philip Adrian Wadsworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
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Selected Works Of La Fontaine
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Author : Philip A. Wadsworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990-01-01
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The Complete Fables Of La Fontaine
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Author : Jean de la Fontaine
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-09-15
The Complete Fables Of La Fontaine written by Jean de la Fontaine and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-15 with Fiction categories.
In this wonderful, vigorously contemporary translation, Craig Hill has captured the liveliness, satiric wit, and poetic beauty that made Jean de la Fontaine famous during his lifetime and his Fables celebrated as a masterwork of world literature ever since. Despite la Fontaine’s deceptively modest claim that all he intended was to put the moral tales of Aesop and other ancient fabulists into poetry for the pleasure of Louis XIV’s young son, his real accomplishment, as later generations have understood, was holding a mirror up to the society of his day and, in the process, fashioning a work that has become a classic. Borrowing from a variety of sources, la Fontaine gave the hitherto mute animals in ancient fables the power of speech. Backstabbing politicians, brainless nincompoops, charlatans, clueless heads of state, egomaniacs, empty-headed celebrities, foolish investors, gluttons, liars, penny–pinchers, self-important blowhards, and wastrels—these are the targets of la Fontaine’s pen. In this beautifully bound collector’s edition, Craig Hill has given us a rare treat: both the irreverent spirit and the vivid poetry that have made la Fontaine’s fables beloved through the ages, continuing to amuse and inspire centuries after they ?rst appeared in print.
La Fontaine
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Author : Jean De La Fontaine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
La Fontaine written by Jean De La Fontaine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Fables, French categories.
Selected Fables
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Author : Jean de La Fontaine
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Selected Fables written by Jean de La Fontaine and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Poetry categories.
With their unique blend of wit and poetic mastery, the verse interpretations of Aesop’s Fables by 17th-century author Jean de La Fontaine have enchanted readers of all ages for over three centuries. 70 popular and oft-quoted fables appear here, including "The Grasshopper and the Ant," "The Town Rat and the Country Rat," "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Hare and the Tortoise," and dozens more. A classic of French literature; brilliantly translated by Walter Thornbury into English verse.
The Complete Fables Of Jean De La Fontaine
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Author : Jean La Fontaine
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2010-10-01
The Complete Fables Of Jean De La Fontaine written by Jean La Fontaine and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Poetry categories.
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. This newly complete translation is destined to set the English standard for this work. Awarded the Lewis Galantière Prize by the American Translators Association, 2008.
The Complete Fables Of Jean De La Fontaine
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Author : Jean de La Fontaine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Complete Fables Of Jean De La Fontaine written by Jean de La Fontaine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Fiction categories.
"The English-speaking reader will typically find selections of translated fables by La Fontaine (1621-1695), and a large number of those stray rather far from the original in an effort to retain the poetic flavor of the genre. Other translations, treating the fables as reading matter for followers of Winnie the Pooh, do not retain the subtle overtones and wit intended, in fact, for educated adults. This translation remains extraordinarily faithful to the original not only in metrical patterns and rhyme schemes but also in tone: wit and le mot juste are skillfully and wonderfully combined. This is no small achievement, and we can now enjoy the grace, wit, and versatility of an author whose literary qualities were, until now, evident only in the original."-- Danielle Mihram, New York University Library.
Selected Fables
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Author : Jean de La Fontaine
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-04-16
Selected Fables written by Jean de La Fontaine and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-16 with Foreign Language Study categories.
DIVAmong the masterpieces of French literature: 75 Fables in original French with new English line-for-line literal translations. "The Cicada and the Ant," "The Fox and the Grapes," many more. /div
Selected Works Of Jean De La Fontaine
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Author : Jean de La Fontaine
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
Selected Works Of Jean De La Fontaine written by Jean de La Fontaine and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with categories.
ONCE more permit me, nuns, and this the last; I can’t resist, whatever may have passed, But must relate, what often I’ve been told; Your tales of convent pranks are seldom cold; They have a grace that no where else we find, And, somehow, better seem to please designed. Another then we’ll have, which three will make:— Three did I say?-‘tis four, or I mistake; Let’s count them well:-The GARD’NER first, we’ll name; Then comes the ABBESS, whose declining frame Required a youth, her malady to cure A story thought, perhaps, not over pure; And, as to SISTER JANE, who’d got a brat, I cannot fancy we should alter that. These are the whole, and four’s a number round; You’ll probably remark, ‘tis strange I’ve found Such pleasure in detailing convent scenes:— ‘Tis not my whim, but TASTE, that thither leans: And, if you’d kept your breviary in view, ‘Tis clear, you’d nothing had with this to do; We know, howe’er, ‘tis not your fondest care; So, quickly to our hist’ry let’s repair. A CHARMING youth would frequent visits pay, To nuns, whose convent near his dwelling lay; And, ‘mong the sisters, one his person saw, Who, by her eyes, would fain attention draw; Smiles she bestowed, and other complaisance, But not a single step would he advance; By old and young he greatly was admired; Sighs burst around, but none his bosom fired.
Tales And Novels Of J De La Fontaine Complete
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Author : Jean de La Fontaine
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-07-30
Tales And Novels Of J De La Fontaine Complete written by Jean de La Fontaine and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-30 with categories.
Jean de La Fontaine was born on the 8th of July, 1621, at Chateau-Thierry, and his family held a respectable position there. His education was neglected, but he had received that genius which makes amends for all. While still young the tedium of society led him into retirement, from which a taste for independence afterwards withdrew him. He had reached the age of twenty-two, when a few sounds from the lyre of Malherbe, heard by accident, awoke in him the muse which slept.