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Fables less and less fabulous : English fables and parables of the nineteenth century and their illustrations / Horst Do˜lvers.

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This study examines more than one hundred fables in prose and verse, most of them original in content, some highly original in form. Author Horst Dolvers refutes the assumption that the fable declined in popularity after 1800 and the days of La Fontaine, Swift, Gay, and Lessing. Most of the texts st...

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Main Author: Do˜lvers, Horst, 1937-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : London : University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses, ℗♭1997.
Subjects:
Fables, English > History and criticism.
Children > Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Children's literature, English > History and criticism.
Illustration of books > Great Britain > 19th century.
Didactic literature, English > History and criticism.
English literature > 19th century > Illustrations.
Children's literature > Moral and ethical aspects.
Didactic literature, English > Illustrations.
Parables > History and criticism.
Fables, English > Illustrations.
Parables > Illustrations.

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Call Number: PR468.F32 D64 1997
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