Die Diebe und der Hahn: Fabeln des Äsop und Äsopische Fabeln des Phädrus

Title

en_US Die Diebe und der Hahn: Fabeln des Äsop und Äsopische Fabeln des Phädrus

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US Herausgegeben von Hans Marquardt

Creator

en_US Aesop

Contributor

en_US Hegenbarth, Josef

Date

2016-01-25T19:29:23Z

en_US 2001-07

en_US 1966

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:29:23Z

Date Issued

en_US 1966

Abstract

en_US I like this book. It takes up Hegenbarth's work from its 1949 presentation (Äsop: Fabeln) and gives it a livelier and larger format. The format is generous; there is never more than one fable on a page, and there are many full-page illustrations. There are ninety fables in all, presented here on 132 pages. There is a first selection, Der Dichter, that I think needs to be considered separately from the fables. I think it probably communicates more about Marquardt than about Aesop or Phaedrus. After the fables, there are comments (119); a Nachwort from the publisher, including his remarks on Hegebarth (121); and a colophon on the printing of the book. The texts are sometimes prose and sometimes verse. There is a good moral to the fable on the hog and the dog (58): Smart speakers cleverly turn insults from enemies into praise. A number of the fine illustrations are taken from the earlier book, among them those showing the thief and the watchdog (49); the bald man and the fly (68); and the caught weasel (36). Some are newly done, like WC (here 79, there 12); LM (here 95, there 22); and the old hunting dog (well done here on 115 and less well done there on 30). Among the best illustrations here are those of the fox and the mask (21), WL (45), and the thieves and the rooster (dust jacket and 65). I do not understand the illustration for The Old Shepherd and the Ass (82). This story is about sacks, not riders. There is a water stain on the top of the pages throughout.

Identifier

en_US 5213 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80780

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Buchverlag der Morgen

en_US Berlin

Subject

en_US PA3855.G6 M3 1966

en_US Aesop/Phaedrus

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole