Giovanni Meli: Moral Fables

Title

en_US Giovanni Meli: Moral Fables

en_US Biblioteca di Quaderni d'italianistica, Volume 6

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: Bilingual: Italian/English

en_US Gaetano Cipolla

Creator

en_US Cipolla, Gaetano

Contributor

en_US Ronalds, William

Date

2016-01-25T15:22:49Z

en_US 1990-04

en_US 1988

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:22:49Z

Date Issued

en_US 1988

Abstract

en_US A very good introduction to a fabulist I had not known. Eighty-nine fables. The closest parallel is LaFontaine; but Meli is briefer, less preachy, and less witty. Some fables begin with a moral comment; some end with funny vulgarity. The translator's care for rhyme leads to some confusing word order. The funniest fables are #53 and #80. Fables borrowed from Aesop or LaFontaine, often with changes of characters, include The Crabs (#2); The Mouse and the Hedgehog (the snake in Aesop, #5); The Cat, the Foreigner, and the Abbot (the dog with master's lunch, #8); The Cat and the Blacksmith (dog, #14); The Dogs (chained, #28); The Mother Mouse and Her Little Mice (cock, #64); The Dog and the Monkey (an excellent fable, #65); The Red Donkey and the Animals (the lion's skin, #73); The Wolf and the Lamb (#77); and The Donkey, the Master and the Thieves (#86).

Identifier

en_US 0969197950

en_US 861 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75651

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Canadian Society for Italian Studies

en_US Ottawa, ON

Subject

en_US PQ4716.M87 A24 1988

en_US Meli

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole