Les Fables de La Fontaine

Title

Les Fables de La Fontaine

Terre Entière

Description

This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value

Contributor

Hausman, René

Date

2016-02-16T15:08:35Z

en_US '2016-01

en_US 1970

Date Available

2016-02-16T15:08:35Z

Date Issued

1970

Abstract

This purchase completes a series I began finding only recently. First I found Dupuis' publication of Hausman's work from 2010. Next I found a 1965 copy and presumed that it was the original edition, identical in content. The format of that book was slightly larger than that of the 2010 edition, and it turned out to be only the first half of that 2010 edition. I saw then in Bodemann that the the original behind the 2010 edition was a pair of volumes done in 1970 and 1977. The 1965 edition was the original of the 1970 Volume 1. Now here is a copy of that 1970 Volume I, complemented by a copy of the 1977 Volume 2. Like the 1965 copy, this volume contains the first 41 fables on some 89 pages. This copy has several features that distinguish it from the earlier edition. It drops La Haye and adds Sittard as the last of five locations for Dupuis on the title-page. On the page facing the title-page, World Press has become World Productions, and an ISBN number has been added. This copy is in slightly better condition.than the earlier editiion, and this book's paper is slicker and shinier. I will include comments made on the first two copies of Hausman's work that I had found. René Hausman is a celebrated illustrator of comic books in Belgium and France. Here his La Fontaine is wonderful! In image after image, I found myself saying either "He has it right!" or "I have not thought of that approach to this fable." Each fable has at least one trenchant illustration. One knows hardly where to start in this explosion of artistry! Look at FS on 10 and 11. Hausman catches the chagrin of the outwitted fox wonderfully. When it comes to humans, look at "The Worker and His Sons" on 16-17. Hausman catches the youth of these three figures. They will learn! I love the dimensions of "The Bear and the Lover of Gardens" (22-23). The rock is about to come crashing down on the insect -- and the head of the bear's own sleeping friend. Hausman is clever to avoid the problem many illustrators have with "The Fly and the Coach" by bringing the insect to the foreground and putting the whole caravan of travelers in the background (30-31). Again in "The Banker and the Cobbler" (56-57), Hausman does an excellent job with the faces of the two protagonists: one small and the other expansive. TMCM on 62-63 contrasts the two phases of the rats' experience brilliantly: the color of the orgy stands out against the black-and-white fear of the flight. Grippeminaud could not be more frightening than he is on 74 as the witless weasel and hare approach. He already recognizes them as victims. The approach to MSA on 86-87 took me completely by surprise, but it fits the piece well. Recognize nature -- yours and his -- and be smart. There is a T of C on 90-91.

Identifier

#522

10588 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/84582

Language

fre

Publisher

Dupuis

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.L3Fab 1970e See all items with this value

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

Book, Whole