{"product_id":"from-aesop-to-reynard-jill-mann-9780199217687","title":"From Aesop to Reynard: Beast Literature in Medieval Britain","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'. Its guiding question is not 'what' but 'how' animals mean. Using this question to draw a clear distinction between beast fable and beast epic, it goes on to examine the complex variations of these forms that are to be found in the literature of medieval Britain, in English, French, Latin, and Scots. The range, variety, and brilliant inventiveness of this tradition are demonstrated in chapters on the fables of Marie de France, the \u003cem\u003eSpeculum stultorum\u003c\/em\u003e of Nigel of Longchamp (the comic adventures of a donkey), the debate poem \u003cem\u003eThe Owl and the Nightingale\u003c\/em\u003e, Chaucer's \u003cem\u003eParliament of Fowls\u003c\/em\u003e and the tales of the Squire, Manciple and Nun's Priest, the Reynardian tale of \u003cem\u003eThe Fox and the Wolf, \u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eMoral Fabillis\u003c\/em\u003e of Robert Henryson. English translations provided for all quotations make the works discussed accessible to the modern reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199217688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199217687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 292","brand":"Jill Mann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054701146367,"sku":"9780199217687","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fdb6814-3c53-4262-b17c-1102eaf843ce.jpg?v=1685031484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-aesop-to-reynard-jill-mann-9780199217687","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}