An entertainment tale of quadrupeds (translation and commentary)
Editorial COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS
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- Editorial COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS
- ISBN13 9780231127615
- ISBN10 0231127618
- Tipus LLIBRE
- Pàgines 557
- Any Edició 2003
- Idioma Anglès
- Encuadernació Rústica
An entertainment tale of quadrupeds (translation and commentary)
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Detalls del llibre
An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds is the first English verse translation of the Greek satirical poem Diegesis Paidiophrastos ton Zoon ton Tetrapodon. Written by an anonymous author in fourteenth-century Byzantium, this vernacular allegorical poem has long been recognized as a unique document, one that appears to have originated independently of comparable works in other traditions. A medieval Animal Farm, the story describes a convention of animals in which each beast vaunts its uses to humanity while denigrating others, resulting in a cataclysmic battle. The authors provide extensive textual analysis and notes on the form, style, and context of the poem.