Aesop Up-to-Date

Title

en_US Aesop Up-to-Date

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Robert L. Zimler

Creator

en_US Zimler, Robert L. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US McKie, Roy

Date

2016-01-22T21:14:58Z

en_US 1994-10

en_US 1964

Date Available

2016-01-22T21:14:58Z

Date Issued

en_US 1964

Abstract

en_US An important book in my collection. I am surprised that I had not known of it earlier. A good resource, for example, on a sweep through the history of a single fable. Zimler is somewhere in a group that would include Thurber, Bierce, Eichenberg, and probably Monterroso. Zimler is longer and more complex than Bierce, but less radical than Thurber. Forty-nine fables, many of them with a psychoanalytic approach. A number of the fables are simply Aesop's but with changed morals. Other fables change the story a bit to get to their excellent morals. Some fables here mix two traditional stories together. Many add some elements to the traditional tale. There are also new fables, several very good, like Zeus and the Spider (#5) and The Ailing Farm Dog (#43). My impression is that McKie's drawings do not add much. Finally, note the great dedication: To my wife and children without whose constant help this book would have been written sooner.

Identifier

en_US 329 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/74943

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Clarkson N. Potter

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PN6162.Z5 1964 See all items with this value

en_US Zimler See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole