Aesop, Just in Rhyme: A New, Humorous Version of the Great Fables for Readers of All Ages

Title

en_US Aesop, Just in Rhyme: A New, Humorous Version of the Great Fables for Readers of All Ages

Description

en_US John W. Murphy

Creator

en_US Murphy, John W. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Condé, J.M.

Date

2016-01-25T19:28:28Z

en_US 2002-10

en_US 2001

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:28:28Z

Date Issued

en_US 2001

Abstract

en_US This book surprised me when I first learned of it. Now I am surprised to learn that it has been privately published. I have read the first thirty pages of these humorous verse renditions of the fables. My strongest impression is that the rhyme scheme and meter force the storyteller into some infelicitous phrases and some padding. Murphy's wit may come through best in the morals. Consider this for the fable about the drowning boy and the pedant: For those who take pleasure in censure,/try helping, it's a new adventure (18). Murphy closes the fable about the farmer and the eagle who saved him: It's fun to savor/doing a favor (34). The recurring blank pages are disconcerting: 19, 31, 35 and more. The illustrations are black-and-white copies of Condé's work. What this book may show most is, first, that Aesop's stories continue to beckon to both listeners and tellers and, second, that they invite playful development.

Identifier

en_US 1591091861 (pbk.)

en_US 4999 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80596

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US John Murphy

en_US Philadelphia, PA

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.M86 Ae 2001 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole