Examines fable as a mode of discourse in its medieval curricular context and discusses how it influenced the work of Chaucer, Lydgate and Henryson. Wheatley traces the use of the standard Latin fable collection across Europe, how Aesop's constructions affected it and the commentaries it inspired.
| ISBN: | 9780813017457 |
| Publication date: | 31st March 2000 |
| Author: | Edward Wheatley |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |