The Taill of the Paddok & the Mous

Title

en_US The Taill of the Paddok & the Mous

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: Scots

en_US Robert Henrisone

Creator

en_US Henryson, Robert See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Parry, Nicholas

Date

2016-01-25T15:53:10Z

en_US 1992-07

en_US 1986

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:53:10Z

Date Issued

en_US 1986

Abstract

en_US The five watercolor illustrations here are simply wonderful! The cover shows the mouse and frog tied together in a weird sort of embrace. Succeeding illustrations show the mouse at the riverside, the frog and mouse on land, the kite holding the two from his perch, and (my favorite) the mouse and frog in the water with the kite swooping down. Henrisone's version of the fable is fun. Both creatures are female. There is a long discussion about judging character by outward appearance. About halfway through the fable (line 410) the frog is identified as foul, chattering for those who have only suspected that she is up to no good. The kite catches both by the string during the struggle and devours both. The moralitas inveighs against false companions and treats the fable allegorically (before referring those with questions to the Friars): the mouse is the soul, the frog the body, the water the world, and the kite death. I am very glad now that I got this book while I had the chance during my first hour in Glasgow.

Identifier

en_US 1382 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76957

Language

en_US sco

Publisher

en_US Nicholas and Marry Parry, Tern Press

en_US Market Drayton England

Subject

en_US PR1990.H4 T34 1986 See all items with this value

en_US Book containing one fable See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole