The Fabled Arts

Title

en_US The Fabled Arts

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Written and illustrated by Norman Kirk II

Creator

en_US Kirk, Norman See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T16:50:08Z

en_US 2001-02

en_US 1975

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:50:08Z

Date Issued

en_US 1975

Abstract

en_US This is a large-format book of drawings with a short bit of text to accompany each black-and-white drawing. The text always occupies the left-hand page, the drawing the right-hand page. The use of the word fables for these fifty prose pieces is a stretch. Many of the combinations involve a play on words, either in the title or in the moral. Such is the case with Coin Laundry or A Fluent Society. Perhaps the best combination of text and art in the book is The Blacksmith's Bellows on 18-19. It finishes with this line: The moral of this fable is that a windsome lass will fire any man's hearth. A good example of the word-play is Pour Pitcher on 36-37. The text speaks of a giant pitcher containing pancake batter. The story works around to this finish: The moral of this fable is to watch your pitcher when the batter is up. There is some delightful whimsy in this book, and there is also some good counter-cultural sense. Fisherman's Fantasy (44-45) describes two men who broke into a museum to fish for the dolphin kept in a huge glass bowl. Many of the puns are real groaners, far fetched and not worth the fetching. Grand Central Station (86-7) tells of the construction of a New York train station from one hundred ten-dollar bills. There is some good fun here.

Identifier

en_US 533016320

en_US 3663 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79018

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Vantage Press

en_US NY

Subject

en_US PS3561.I67 F3 1975 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole