Once Upon a Parable: Fables for the Present.

Title

en_US Once Upon a Parable: Fables for the Present.

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Paul E. Beichner

Creator

en_US Beichner, Paul E. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Beichner, Paul E.

Date

2016-01-25T16:14:10Z

en_US 1995-09

en_US 1974

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:14:10Z

Date Issued

en_US 1974

Abstract

en_US Eighty stories from a Notre Dame faculty member, a religious of the Holy Cross. Many of them seem dated now as they speak of sensitivity sessions and hi-fis. The mood seems to me to shift dramatically among satire, comedy, and didacticism, and I am not sure why these shifts bother me here and not elsewhere. The closest parallel I can think of is Thurber, but Fr. Beichner is not a Thurber. There are often several options offered for morals. I wrote early that I did not know how many I could take, but then I read them all. Among the best: Nunc pro Tunc (21), Three Catalpa Worms (32), The Polar Bears and the Penguins (39), The Praying Mantis and the Rose Bugs (74), The Abbot, the Abbot, The Abbot (89), and The Seeing-Eye Dog (90). There is strongly Aesopic material on 46, 51, 61, 69, 72, 95, 113, 120, and 123. Note the typos on 21, 46, and 83.

Identifier

en_US 2144 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77703

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US University of Notre Dame

en_US Notre Dame, ID

Subject

en_US PS3552.E42 O5 1974 See all items with this value

en_US Beichner See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole