Fables on Subjects Connected with Literature Imitated from the Spanish of Don Tomas de Yriarte

Title

en_US Fables on Subjects Connected with Literature Imitated from the Spanish of Don Tomas de Yriarte

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Original language: spa

en_US Tomas Yriarte/John Belfour

Creator

en_US Belfour, John

Contributor

en_US Jones, G.

Date

2016-01-25T15:53:56Z

en_US 1993-03

en_US 1804

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:53:56Z

Date Issued

en_US 1804

Abstract

en_US One of the nicest books I have: a little treasure. The Laurie description details its handsome cover and excellent binding. I am happy to add this early translation of thirty-four fables to the few things I have by Iriarte. The introductory remarks would make a fascinating study in the history of the definition of fable; they depend heavily on terminology whose meaning has shifted, particularly apologue and allegory. Might the point--that allegory is the foundation of fable--be made today by saying that fable is basically symbol? These remarks have high praise for LaFontaine and Gellert, while LaMotte deserves to be forgotten! The rhyming fables are introduced with a helpful short Spanish moral. Their typical form involves a philosophical statement on some literary subject (like plagiarism, talent, revision, public acceptance, or critics) followed by a fable situation between two animals, an opening remark by one of them, and a winning retort by the other. The best specimens here include The Ass and the Reed (41), The Gardener and the Master (55), The Bear, the Ape, and the Hog (73), The Horse and the Goat (99), The Ape and the Juggler (118), The Author and the Rat (134), and The Goose and the Serpent (157). It may help in dating the edition to note the misprint in the title page's Latin motto: vestuto for vetusto. And the line is from the prologue to Book IV, not V, of Phaedrus.

Identifier

en_US 1531 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77102

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Printed by C. Whittingham for W.J. and J. Richardson

en_US London

Subject

en_US PQ6529.I8 B35 1804

en_US Iriarte

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole