Item
The Fables of Phonecius
- Title
- en_US The Fables of Phonecius
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
- en_US Yvonne Grozny
- Creator
- en_US Grozny, Yvonne See all items with this value
- Date
- 2016-01-25T15:53:21Z
- en_US 1992-10
- en_US 1978
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T15:53:21Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1978
- Abstract
- en_US Fifty contemporary short stories, each followed by an excellent Latin moral with a liberal English translation. The stories are not for kids. The vast preponderance of stories seems to be about relationships and erotic themes, particularly extra-marital affairs. I would say that Grozny comes from the school of George Ade. This book could serve as an insightful storehouse of contemporary human cases, for example for use with ancient fables. Thus #8 is Aesop's DS, right down to the moral, and #25 is FG. Not all are scurrilous; #4 and #30 are surprisingly simple and straightforward. I read all fifty: the proof is that I have found typos on 202 (esti for etsi) and 215 (spend for spent). There are some delightful word plays and double entendres, e.g., Familiarity breeds content (18). The first moral on the same page plays nicely with the expression handling. Particularly risqué is #6. Particularly funny: #32.
- Identifier
- en_US 932364004
- en_US 1418 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Ann Arbor Book Company
- en_US Ann Arbor, MI
- Subject
- en_US PS3557.R76 F33 1978 See all items with this value
- en_US Grozny See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books