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| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction: The English fable | 1 | |
| 1 | Aesopian examples: the English fable collection and its authors, 1651-1740 | 14 |
| 2 | "The first pieces of wit": Augustan fable theory and the birth of the book | 48 |
| 3 | Common and uncommon characters: the lives of Aesop | 71 |
| 4 | Brutal transactions, "mysterious writ": Aesop's fables and Dryden's later poetry | 99 |
| 5 | In her "transparent Laberynth": obstructions of poetic justice in Anne Finch's fables | 128 |
| 6 | Risking contradiction: John Gay's Fables and the matter of reading | 156 |
| 7 | The moral | 185 |
| Notes | 190 | |
| Bibliography | 223 | |
| Index | 230 |
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James Lee
reviewed The English Fable: Aesop and Literary Culture, 1651-1740 on November 27, 2011
The English Fable: Aesop and Literary Culture, 1651-1740
I enjoyed the book somewhat, but it walks the line between common reader and scholar. The author is very approachable, and the book is well organized, and the idea of doing an aesthetics reading in Homer is a great idea; however, this is not a ground-breaking book. Its analysis is inconsistent, and at times self-contradictory; because sometimes the author doesn't deal with issues like the "Author Problem" for Homer, and so he leaves out important avenues for interpretation. If you want a cursory analysis of a few characters and themes, this may be what you're looking for, but the Cambridge companion offers a better introduction to the discipline.
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