Item
Deutsche Fabeln des 18. Jahrhunderts
- Title
- en_US Deutsche Fabeln des 18. Jahrhunderts
- en_US Universal-Bibliothek #8429
- Description
- en_US Language note: German
- en_US Ausgewählt und mit einem Nachwort von Manfred Windfuhr
- Creator
- en_US Windfuhr, Manfred See all items with this value
- Date
- 2016-01-25T19:49:52Z
- en_US 2001-07
- en_US 1997
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T19:49:52Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1997
- Abstract
- en_US Copyright 1960. Here is a typical Reclam edition. It includes nineteen fabulists. Those appearing here who appear less frequently elsewhere include Triller, Stoppe, Meyer von Knonau, Kästner, Schlegel, Zachariae, Moser, Nicolay, Claudius, Merck, Pestalozzi, Bürger, and Heinse. There is a T of C at the back. I tried one fable each from five of these lesser known fabulists. First came Triller's Day and Night. The two argue over which is greater. Triller's own conclusion is that God made all things to praise Him and to serve us. I tried Stoppe's The Valley and the Mountains. The two mountains hate the valley and decide to overwhelm it with water in the next rainstorm. Alas, the valley comes out deeper and larger! Those who try to hurt us often help us. From Von Knonau comes the best so far, The Cow and the Fox. Each wishes things for the other for the coming year. Thus the cow wishes the fox things like grass, cabbage, salt, and hay. The fox wishes the cow good things like ducks, chickens, rabbits, and fish. Kästner's The Gardener and the Butterfly has the former--apparently wisely--punish the butterfly for the caterpillar's sins. Schlegel's WL seems to follow traditional patterns closely.
- Identifier
- en_US 3150084296
- en_US 5895 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US ger
- Publisher
- en_US Philipp Reclam Jun.
- en_US Stuttgart
- Subject
- en_US PT1237 .W5 1960b See all items with this value
- en_US German 18th century 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