Fables from the Fox: Seven Original Fables in Verse

Title

en_US Fables from the Fox: Seven Original Fables in Verse

Description

en_US By Francis Schwanauer

Creator

en_US Schwanauer, Francis See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Schwanauer, Johanna M.

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:29Z

en_US 1996-07

en_US 1991

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:29Z

Date Issued

en_US 1991

Abstract

en_US The seven fables are told in rhymed verse, often in aacbbc sestets. The rhythm is sometimes forced. The Fox and the Ox (8) turns into a discussion on sex. The last three lines have one not-so-clever (sex rhymes with relax) and one clever breakdown (he/she gets one syllable). The Incompetent Mole (25) may be the best fable of the booklet. A mole trying to prepare an eel for dinner realizes that the eel must be dead first. Unable to kill it, he asks it to commit suicide! The eel slithers off and gives him a piece of its mind. The art includes a nice comparison and contrast between 10 and 11. The visualized transformations of the pig are delightful in Porker of Majorca (13). And the capture of the stand-up frog on 38 is very nicely done, since we see nothing of the capturer but the tip of his beak squeezing the frog.

Identifier

en_US 4040 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79379

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Francis Schwanauer

en_US S.l.

Subject

en_US PS3569.C5644 F3 1991 See all items with this value

en_US Francis Schwanauer See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole