Aesop in Japanese Clothing

Title

en_US Aesop in Japanese Clothing

Description

en_US Inscribed by the author to Greg Carlson, July, 1996

en_US By Peter Milward; Edited with notes by Shoichi Matsushima

Creator

en_US Aesop

Date

2016-01-25T19:38:34Z

en_US 1996-07

en_US 1985

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:38:34Z

Date Issued

en_US 1985

Abstract

en_US Here are twenty-three fables presented in humane fashion. Milward imbeds each fable within a little essay of his own, often starting with a Japanese proverb. Thus The Grasshopper and the Ants is involved in a discussion of the strange Japanese propensity to work feverishly before and after college, but to treat college as a leisurely time for enjoyment (14-16). Again, Milward finds his students more like the hare than the tortoise while at college: feverishly energetic but without much sense of purpose. After graduation they turn into tortoises, working slowly and steadily--but still without much sense of purpose (26-28)! I am saddened to see WS told in the poorer form (32-34). I am surprised to learn that Aesop's BS is used in Kurosawa's Ran (41-43). In the preface, Milward makes clear that he is presenting his own favorite Aesopic fables and is presenting them in his own way. The fables themselves (5-69) are followed by a section of notes given to explaining particular English expressions or words that occur in the various chapters. This is a readable little book.

Identifier

en_US 5500 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81034

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US The Hokuseido Press

en_US Tokyo

Subject

en_US PA3855.J3 M55 1985

en_US Aesop

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole