Von grossen und kleinen Tieren: Lustig-listige Fabeln

Title

en_US Von grossen und kleinen Tieren: Lustig-listige Fabeln

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US Erste Auflage

en_US Rudolf Hagelstange

Creator

en_US Hagelstange, Rudolf See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Kuhlewein, Bernhard

Date

2016-01-25T19:37:33Z

en_US 1998-07

en_US 1978

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:37:33Z

Date Issued

en_US 1978

Abstract

en_US This is an almost-square book almost 8 x 8¼. There are eighteen stories on 77 pages. Many of the stories seem to me derivative or at least close to traditional fables, like Die Spitzmaus und der Wolf (5), which uses some of the basic dynamics of LM. Similarly in the following fable, the huge coconut ridicules the walnut, as the oak does the reed in the Aesopic fable, but the walnut finds a way to to get planted instead of getting eaten. When a giant threatens a village, two ladybugs overwhelm him (11). The haughty giraffe destroys the hills of the mole; the clever mole digs them deeper, and soon the giraffe is limping (20). The kids love the Ice Queen so much that they carry her in parade. Unfortunately for her, they lick her into non-existence (24)! A gluttonous pig dies long before a reflective and disciplined hamster. The king is brought around to end up on his knees before a Putzfrau. A morning glory climbs up on a hollyhock and thus proves itself superior. Perhaps the weirdest story is that of the temporary experiment with the Kreuzkrokodil or Kreukodil, which--for its short existence--consisted in the crossing of two crocodiles into one X-like character (52). I am not as enthusiastic as the flyleaf about the Lebensphilosophie incorporated in these fables, but I do agree that they have to do with reversing power roles. The playful, slightly weird illustrations are worked into and around the texts. They sometimes involve two colors. Sometimes illustrations from two adjoining stories are worked into each other (e.g. 43).

Identifier

en_US 3881550402

en_US 5267 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80829

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Edition Popp

en_US Würzburg

Subject

en_US PT2615.A28 V66 1978 See all items with this value

en_US Rudolf Hagelstange See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole