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Title
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Fables from the Fox: Seven Original Fables in Verse
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Description
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By Francis Schwanauer
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Creator
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Schwanauer, Francis
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Contributor
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Schwanauer, Johanna M.
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:02:29Z
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1996-07
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1991
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:02:29Z
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Date Issued
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1991
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Abstract
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The seven fables are told in rhymed verse, often in aacbbc sestets. The rhythm is sometimes forced. The Fox and the Ox (8) turns into a discussion on sex. The last three lines have one not-so-clever (sex rhymes with relax) and one clever breakdown (he/she gets one syllable). The Incompetent Mole (25) may be the best fable of the booklet. A mole trying to prepare an eel for dinner realizes that the eel must be dead first. Unable to kill it, he asks it to commit suicide! The eel slithers off and gives him a piece of its mind. The art includes a nice comparison and contrast between 10 and 11. The visualized transformations of the pig are delightful in Porker of Majorca (13). And the capture of the stand-up frog on 38 is very nicely done, since we see nothing of the capturer but the tip of his beak squeezing the frog.
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Identifier
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4040 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Francis Schwanauer
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S.l.
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Subject
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PS3569.C5644 F3 1991
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Francis Schwanauer
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole