Fables

Title

en_US Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US By William Wilkie

Creator

en_US Wilkie, William See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Wale, Samuel

Date

2016-01-25T20:03:59Z

en_US 2010-07

en_US 1768

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:03:59Z

Date Issued

en_US 1768

Abstract

en_US This is a book of 123 pages featuring sixteen fables, all new creations. Bodemann claims that it also has a dialogue, but I cannot find it. The first fable is true enough: our advice, however well intentioned, fails. So it happened with a willful young woman. Once her mother caused her to see her behavior in a mirror, she got an idea of how she was coming across. Fables hold up to us that mirror, and we can see ourselves as we would not see ourselves in the advice of friends and acquaintances. The fables here generally begin with a short sermon, which is followed by an obvious tale. The poet's project is stated near the bottom of 7: hinting to the human-kind,/what few deny but fewer mind…. The manner seems to me roughly that of Gay: ideas and advice swirl about, and the stories used as fables seem obvious and thus even labored. There is one strong full-page illustration for each fable. Notice the archaic writing form of s within a word. The covers of the book have separated.

Identifier

en_US Bodemann identifier 153.1

en_US 7151 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82428

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Edward and Charles Dilly, A. Kincaid and J. Bell

en_US London

Subject

en_US PR3765.W5323 F3 1768 See all items with this value

en_US William Wilkie See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole