From Aesop to Reynard : beast literature in medieval Britain
Mann, JillAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2009.
What do stories about animals have to tell us about human beings? This book analyzes the shrewd perceptions about human life - and especially human language - that emerge from narratives in which the main figures are 'talking animals'.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
What do stories about animals have to tell us about human beings? This book analyzes the shrewd perceptions about human life - and especially human language - that emerge from narratives in which the main figures are 'talking animals'.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- How animals mean -- Marie de France: the courtly fable -- Nigel of Longchamp's Speculum stultorum -- The owl and the nightingale -- Chaucerian birds -- Reynard in England -- Henryson: the epicized fable -- Conclusion.
English literature
French literature
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Animals in literature
Animals, Mythical, in literature
English Literature
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures
English
Languages & Literatures