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1 online resource (252 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
This title makes a contribution to scholarship. This the most reliable translation of "Fables and Tales" by C.F. Gellert. The book constitutes the most important collection of German folklore which passes on the morals of the "Volk" through stories. These are translations of fables and tales written by C.F. Gellert. Gellert was an eighteenth century folklorist whose work has been canonized. Critics have argued that the stories are fundamentally homegrown and come from the German people (the "Volk"), and they speak directly to the heart of the people. These works are used less often for moral instruction in contemporary society, something the author laments, but are still important components of German folklore. |
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FABLES AND TALES BY THE GERMAN AESOP, C.F. GELLERT (1715-1769): A Moral Teacher of the German Nation; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Translator's Introduction; The Nightingale and the Lark; The Finch; The Dancing Bear; The Story of the Hat; The Gray-Haired Man; The Colt; The Invalid; The Fox and the Magpie; The Land of the Lame; The Cuckoo; The Ghost; The Churchy Woman; The Lame Man and the Blind Man; The Dog; The Lawsuit; Travel; The Testament; The House of Cards; The Loving Wife; The Spider; The Bee and the Hen; The Sweet Dream; The Traveler. |
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The Bridegroom's HappinessThe Rich Man and the Poor Man; Damocles; Two Dogs; Selinda; The Immortal Author; The Green Ass; The Bourgeois Baron; The Poor Sailor; Destiny; Lisette; The Duckling; The Sick Woman; Sound Advice; The Painter; The Two Swallows; The Women's Misfortune; The Dying Father; The Young Thresher; The Happy Marriage; Coach Horse and Plow Horse; The Fly; The Poor Old Man; The Monkey; The Peasant and His Son; The Lucky Poet; The Duck; The Fly, the Moth and Death; Amyntas; Herod and Herodias; The Applicant; Two Smart Girls; The Hospital; The Grieving Widower; The Tartar Warlord. |
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The Young PrinceCotill; The Young Scholar; The Peasants and the Sheriff; The Woman and the Ghost; Alcest; The Amazing Dream; The Polymath; The Nightingale and the Cuckoo; The Private Tutor; Hanns Nord; The Merchant's Son; The High-Minded Highwayman; Fortune and the Ditch-Digger; The Bad Son; Two Black Men; The Pious General; Rhynsolt and Lucy; Till; The Suicide; The Two Watchmen; The Treasure; Commentary. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fables.
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Fables. |
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Fairy tales -- Germany.
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Fairy tales. |
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Germany. |
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German fiction.
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German fiction. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Van Cleve. Fables and tales by the German Aesop, C.F. Gellert (1715-1769). A moral teacher of the German nation. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2012 9780773445147 (OCoLC)822018060 |
| ISBN |
9780773443921 (electronic book) |
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0773443924 (electronic book) |
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9780773445147 |
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0773445145 |
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