Fables

Title

en_US Fables

Description

en_US A Collection by Brian Potrafka

Creator

en_US Potrafka, Brian

Contributor

en_US Werner, Michael

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:18Z

en_US 1999-04

en_US 1996

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:18Z

Date Issued

en_US 1996

Abstract

en_US Here we find twenty-three lively joke fables, each with an appropriate simple illustration, apparently woodcuts. All twenty-four illustrations, including the cover illustration, appear in miniature on the back cover. The cover illustration of The Lion Who Feathered His Hair is among the best. As is true of other joke fabulists, Potrafka often works toward a delightfully absurd moral--or, as in the case of The Crazy Monkey and the Snakes, seven of them. Among the best fables, I believe, are The Cat and the Ass (7) and The Unique Moth (27). The closest touch with Aesop comes in The Toucan and the Open Stage (31), which re-enacts and refers to The Monkey and the Camel. It is hard to find a place for this book's publication. There is no address given for Rienstquienth International; there is a street address given for Potrafka on the back cover. One finds more than one or two typos on the way through this book, like not to long afterwards (21). This material is not meant for children! Potrafka's taste can move toward the weird, disquieting, violent, and grotesque. I am afraid that the overall upshot of the experience of reading these fables for me is that I appreciate Ambrose Bierce's handling of the genre more.

Identifier

en_US 4006 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79346

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Rienstquienth International

en_US Chicago, IL

Subject

en_US PS3566.O697 F3 1996

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole