Item
Vom Wolf im Schafspelz: Fabeln deutscher Dichter
- Title
- en_US Vom Wolf im Schafspelz: Fabeln deutscher Dichter
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US This book has a dustjacket (book cover)
- en_US Language note: German
- en_US First edition
- Gerhard Weise
- Creator
- en_US Weise, Gerhard See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Grundemann, Rudolf
- Date
- 2025-05-20T17:09:59Z
- 2023-06
- en_US 1957
- Date Available
- 2025-05-20T17:09:59Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1957
- Abstract
- en_US As the closing T of C shows in this little (4¾" x 6½") book of 142 + 6 pages, we walk through a series of German fabulists from Luther to Wilhelm Busch. Most heavily represented are Gellert, Lessing, Pfeffel, and the Brothers Grimm. My impression from that T of C is that Weise relies on early fabulists to tell fables remembered as "Aesopic" in the tradition. Goethe's sole contribution is "Die Frösche" (68): In winter, while the pond was frozen over, the frogs promised themselves down deep that, once they got free, they would sing like nightingales. Spring came and the croaked as they always have. Grunemann's frequent designs of various sizes are sometimes quite graphic, as on 5 where we see the aggressive lion's head in the midst of four separate pieces of the dead stag. On 7's full page for WC, we can see the bone protruding from the wolf's throat. I enjoy both text and image for Lessing's "Der Wolf and der Schäfer" (43): The wolf commiserates with the shepherd who lost his whole flock. The shepherd's dog comments: "Yes, he has great sympathy when he too suffers from the bad luck of his neighbor"! MSA has a good image (72) and an unusual approach: the three are headed home. A last few pages ask "Was ist eine Fabel?" (140-42).
- Identifier
- en_US 13360 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US ger
- Publisher
- en_US Der Kinderbuchverlag
- en_US Berlin
- Subject
- German See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books