Title: From Aesop to Reynard
Description: 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'.
Subjects: French literature, English literature, Animals, Mythical, in literature, Animals in literature, History and criticism, Medieval and modern Latin literature, English literature, history and criticism, middle english, 1100-1500, French literature, history and criticism, to 1500, Latin literature, medieval and modern, history and criticism
Time periods: To 1500, Middle English, 1100-1500