Item
Le chêne et le roseau
- Title
- en_US Le chêne et le roseau
- en_US Lito Les Fables de La Fontaine
- en_US Lito 16 12
- Description
- en_US Language note: France
- Jean de La Fontaine
- Creator
- en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Beleine, Lili la
- Date
- 2020-01-23T17:38:48Z
- 2019-06
- en_US 2017
- Date Available
- 2020-01-23T17:38:48Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2017
- Abstract
- en_US The strength of this big, bold presentation of OR lies in the contrast between the huge oak and the single reed that is his counterpart in this story. The first of the five illustrations has the oak taking up almost all of the left-hand page, while we need to search a bit to find the reed in the lower right corner. The perspective moves out, and we see the tree solidly lodged in the land mass, while the reed sways at the edge of the nearby water. In the third illustration, the oak is finishing speaking, saying again that nature has been unjust to the reed. This clever illustration is from above the tree as it looks down on the frightened reed, and we can see the massive reflection of the tree in the blue water. But leaves are already flying. The fourth page has text combining the reed's confident answer and the rise of a heavy storm from the North. The tree here is frightened and the reed relaxed. In the fifth, the tree at first resists while the reed bends; but then the tree is torn up from the roots – this tree that reached into the heavens "and its roots into the empire of the dead." The reed in this last picture has the hint of a smile. La Fontaine's artistry here, I believe, lies in presenting the arrogance of the tree as it looks pityingly on the reed. "If you were only closer, I could protect you." Not true! My dear tree, you overestimate yourself!
- Identifier
- en_US 11622 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US Éditions Lito
- en_US Champigny-sur-Marne, France
- Subject
- en_US PZ24.2.L36Ch 2017 See all items with this value
- Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books