Item
Giovanni Meli: Moral Fables
- Title
- en_US Giovanni Meli: Moral Fables
- en_US Biblioteca di Quaderni d'italianistica, Volume 6
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Language note: Bilingual: Italian/English
- en_US Gaetano Cipolla
- Creator
- en_US Cipolla, Gaetano See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Ronalds, William
- Date
- 2016-01-25T15:22:49Z
- en_US 1990-04
- en_US 1988
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T15:22:49Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1988
- Abstract
- en_US A very good introduction to a fabulist I had not known. Eighty-nine fables. The closest parallel is LaFontaine; but Meli is briefer, less preachy, and less witty. Some fables begin with a moral comment; some end with funny vulgarity. The translator's care for rhyme leads to some confusing word order. The funniest fables are #53 and #80. Fables borrowed from Aesop or LaFontaine, often with changes of characters, include The Crabs (#2); The Mouse and the Hedgehog (the snake in Aesop, #5); The Cat, the Foreigner, and the Abbot (the dog with master's lunch, #8); The Cat and the Blacksmith (dog, #14); The Dogs (chained, #28); The Mother Mouse and Her Little Mice (cock, #64); The Dog and the Monkey (an excellent fable, #65); The Red Donkey and the Animals (the lion's skin, #73); The Wolf and the Lamb (#77); and The Donkey, the Master and the Thieves (#86).
- Identifier
- en_US 0969197950
- en_US 861 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Canadian Society for Italian Studies
- en_US Ottawa, ON
- Subject
- en_US PQ4716.M87 A24 1988 See all items with this value
- en_US Meli 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