Taten und Meinungen des Herrn Fuchs und Andere Fabeln

Title

en_US Taten und Meinungen des Herrn Fuchs und Andere Fabeln

Description

en_US Language note: German

en_US von J. Van Hilbrinxen

Creator

en_US Hilbrinxen, Jean van See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:55:06Z

en_US 2001-07

en_US 1931

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:55:06Z

Date Issued

en_US 1931

Abstract

en_US This 43-page pamphlet in small format (4½ x 5¾) is a pleasant surprise. It contains real fables in its two parts: Taten und Meinungen des Herrn Fuchs and Andere Fabeln und Parabeln. Van Hilbrinxen returns time after time to elections among the animals. In Vor und Nach der Wahl (12), the ass gave a speech during the campaign supporting the fox. Once elected, the fox created a law saying that asses should not give speeches but rather carry sacks. In the next fable, the animals elected the fox but then found him committing crimes against rabbits and other small animals. They complained and received this answer: Why did you elect him? In Honorarersatz (14), Mr. Representative Fox has dined luxuriously but got a bone stuck in his throat. The Crane was called -- of course! -- and performed the usual operation. After it the fox said that he was in no position to pay for the service but he would see to it that the crane got a doctorate honoris causa. A curious first piece before the fables, Ein kurzes Wort voraus, has the author proclaiming that there are truths to be had from fables. And truths are sometimes painful and treated with suspicion. Besides, he writes, he is a catholic, and a priest told him that these fables needed to be published. So, he writes, then they must also be allowed to be published. One can tell from the advertisements on the last pages that the publisher is a Catholic press. One can only imagine the mindset of Catholics in Germany in 1931!

Identifier

en_US 6546 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81868

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Verlag der Scholle

en_US Berlin-Weisensee

Subject

en_US GR730.F6 H55 1931 See all items with this value

en_US J. Van Hilbrinxen See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole