Research Catalog

Title

From Aesop to Reynard [electronic resource] : beast literature in medieval Britain / Jill Mann.

Author

Mann, Jill.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xii, 380 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

From Aesop to Reynard (Online)

Alternative Title

From Aesop to Reynard (Online)

Subject

• English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
• French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism
• Latin literature, Medieval and modern > History and criticism
• Animals in literature
• Animals, Mythical, in literature

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-363) and indexes.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction -- How animals mean -- Marie de France: the courtly fable -- Nigel of Longchamp's Speculum stultorum -- The owl and the nightingale -- Chaucerian birds -- Reynard in England -- Henryson: the epicized fable -- Conclusion.

LCCN

2009934141

OCLC

ssj0000370374

Author

Mann, Jill.

Title

From Aesop to Reynard [electronic resource] : beast literature in medieval Britain / Jill Mann.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-363) and indexes.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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