Der Fuchs und die Trauben: Fabeln aus aller Welt

Title

en_US Der Fuchs und die Trauben: Fabeln aus aller Welt

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: German

Ausgewählt von Beate Hellbach

Creator

Ausgewählt von Beate Hellbach See all items with this value

Date

2016-04-20T15:51:31Z

2014-07

en_US 2011

Date Available

2016-04-20T15:51:31Z

Date Issued

en_US 2011

Abstract

en_US This is a sturdy little book of some 224 pages and some 200 fables. A helpful introduction gives a sense of the various ages of fable. "Fabula docet et delectat!" There are rather elaborate initials but no illustrations. Even a magnifying glass could not help me to decipher the creature(s) pictured on the back cover! A wide spectrum of fabulists is represented here! The final element in the book before some advertisements is an AI which introduces each fabulist with a line and then lists his fables offered here. I enjoyed trying a sampling from five across the ages. Konrad von Würzburg (35) has the ape asking the fox for his tail, since he has no "Dach" to cover his posterior. The answer remains "no." Ludwig Holberg (78) has a man correcting the ape's representation of the animal view that the fox is the cleverest animal; the man explains that one should not mistake trickiness for wisdom. Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (103) presents a conversation between the gardener and a bee. "Some flowers have poison, but you draw from them all." The bee answers "Yes. I leave the poison there." Henrich von Kleist's "Fabel ohne Moral" (151) has a man address his saddled horse: "If I had only known you in the state of Nature! But they have taught you arts of which I know nothing. I would have to encounter you in the racetrack if we were to come to know each other!" A Turkish fable (173) has a dervish preaching at length to a wolf about morality. The wolf urges him to finish, since there is a herd of sheep pasturing nearby, and he would hate to miss a chance at grabbing one! Wolfdietrich Schnurre offers "Schuld" on 204. When the time of men had passed, the animals held trials for those who had served men. One animal after another cites what he did against humans. Finally the cricket says "I sang at his hearth." All the animals cry out "Guilty!"

Identifier

en_US 10683 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/85465

Language

ger

Publisher

Eulenspiegel Verlag

en_US Berlin

Subject

PN980.5 F83 2011 See all items with this value

Aesop and others See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

Book, Whole