The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice: A Homeric Fable

Title

en_US The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice: A Homeric Fable

Description

en_US First printing

By George Martin

Creator

en_US Martin, George See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Gwynne, Fred

Date

2020-02-27T20:41:01Z

2015-07

en_US 2016

Date Available

2020-02-27T20:41:01Z

Date Issued

en_US 2016

Abstract

en_US Here is a paperbound version of a book already in the collection in a hardbound version. That edition was in 1962 and was done in hardbound with a dust-jacket from Dodd, Mead & Company. Now here is a paperback re-issue of the book, in fact a first printing, from Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. One sign of the change is that the sub-title has shifted from "An Homeric Fable" to "A Homeric Fable." As I wrote of that edition, this contemporary version follows the Homeric parody through the death of Crum-snatcher and the description of arms. Thereafter it becomes original. Puff-jaw the frog, avoiding a water-snake, abandons Crum-snatcher the mouse, and the latter drowns. This incident will ultimately occasion the war. Puff-jaw denies his part in Crum-snatcher's death. The two sides arm. Gwynne does a good job of making the difficult scene "realizable." There is one great individual battle: Pond-larker versus Troglodyte. The former dies; then rains come and end the battle. Though I am happy to include the book in this collection, the only connection with fable continues to come in the sub-title.

Identifier

en_US 12204 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/126164

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin

en_US New York