This is a study of a curious and neglected facet of literature, in which the author traces the development and the uses of fable in Euopean literature, from Aesop and the Greeks to the revival of fable in contemporary fiction. This is the first serious study of fable in literature.
| ISBN: | 9781472509192 |
| Publication date: | 7th November 2013 |
| Author: | H J Blackham |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | Bloomsbury Academic Collections : English Literary Criticism - General Theory and History |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |