A Dog's View of the World and Other Fables in Rhyme

Title

en_US A Dog's View of the World and Other Fables in Rhyme

Description

en_US First edition

en_US Don George

Creator

en_US George, Donald W. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Morales, Rommel

Date

2016-01-25T19:59:32Z

en_US 2009-06

en_US 1996

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:59:32Z

Date Issued

en_US 1996

Abstract

en_US The title-story is sustained from 5 to 22. Twenty shorter stories follow. The title-story does a creditable job of explaining the world as a dog would see it, particularly in describing how human beings came to be and what their purpose is. What the great god Canus does sounds at several points very much like what God does in Genesis. The Source (24) is then a kind of preface to the further stories. To Live a Life of Ease (29) describes the dog who believed those who told him to go to the city to find real life; he gave up his free life in the woods, and it was a mistake. The Success (37) tells how Bobo learned to pee higher on trees than the higher-ups, and so became a dog of high standing. The Usurer (47) tells of a dog who cornered the market on bones; smart dogs learned that they did not need to gnaw on bones, especially if it got them into terrible debt. We all need to learn to distinguish what we want from what we need. The urge to rhyme is very strong in all of the quatrains here. I object to repeated sentence-subjects.

Identifier

en_US 9781560026518

en_US 6863 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82169

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US University Editions

en_US Huntington, WV

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.G46 Dog 1996 See all items with this value

en_US Don George See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole