Reynard the Fox, A Poem in Twelve Cantos

Title

en_US Reynard the Fox, A Poem in Twelve Cantos

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: English

en_US Original language: ger

en_US Translated from the German by E.W. Holloway

Creator

en_US Holloway, E.W. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Leutemann, H.

Date

2016-01-25T19:54:21Z

en_US 2007-07

en_US 1852?

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:54:21Z

Date Issued

en_US 1852

Abstract

en_US I fell in love with this book as soon as I saw it. Part of the fascination was that this is a German/English book: Payne's offices were in Dresden and Leipzig, while French's were in London. The greater part of my fascination was the excellent engravings, many of which represent the fable heritage of Reynard. I have compared Leutemann's engravings with those of Kaulbach. Leutemann was clearly borrowing from Kaulbach on those he takes over. To my surprise, he adds several. Thus, while he has taken over several fable themes from Kaulbach -- particularly The Horse and the Wolf (44), The Donkey and the Dog (52), and WS (56)-- there are other fable motifs that seem to be in Leutemann but not in Kaulbach, particularly FK (26do), The Envious Horse (48), The Wolves Caught in the Ice (62), and The Fox and Wolf in the Well (68). This book is a treasure! The text is a translation of the Low-German version, titled Reineke Bos, written in the dialect of Lower-Saxony. The first edition was published at Lubeck in 1498.

Identifier

en_US 6399 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81724

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US A.H. Payne and W. French

en_US Dresden

Subject

en_US PT4846.R4 E57 1852 See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole