Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. A New Edition

Title

en_US Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. A New Edition

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Robert Dodsley

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T15:52:43Z

en_US 1992-08

en_US 1798

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:52:43Z

Date Issued

en_US 1798

Abstract

en_US Sold at Hamell's in Philadelphia. Three books: Ancient, Modern, and Original. As in my other editions of Dodsley, the index at the back is really a listing of morals; they sometimes repeat promythia or epimythia. Preface, Life, and Essay are at the front of the book. This copy is the victim of significant wear. Inscribed in 1883. Now in 1997, I have had opportunity to study Dodsley's texts. His fables are frequently well told. He rarely departs by much from traditional versions of the stories. He apologizes over changes he makes in traditional material, replacing the hedgehog with the swallow as a conversation-partner with the leech-infested fox (I 5) and replacing with fish the seeds the stork was eating when the farmer catches him (I 32). Like Croxall, Dodsley loves the phrase could not forbear. The Miser (I 39) is one of his best stories. Some things that occur frequently in his collection include the use of the historical present, promythia, characters being convinced of something within the narrative, and gnomic endings in which a character articulates the lesson. It is surprising to us what goes into the second, Modern, section of fables. Among other things, there are fables from La Fontaine, from Aesop, and from unknown sources. Dodsley's two biggest themes are that use confers value and that small minds cannot judge their greaters; they see them according to their own limitations. I enjoyed this collection far more than I thought I would.

Identifier

en_US 1294 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76871

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Printed for and sold by, Joseph and James Crukshank,

en_US Philadelphia, PA

Subject

en_US PN982.D6 1798 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop and others See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole