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Title Aesop's fables : with a life of Aesop / translated from the Spanish with an introduction by John E. Keller and L. Clark Keating.

Publication Info. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1993]
©1993

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Description 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Studies in Romance languages ; 34
Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 34.
Note Translated from the Spanish edition printed by Johan Hurus: La vida del Ysopet con sus fabulas hystoriadas. Zaragoza?, 1489.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The Life of Aesop; I. The First Book of Aesop; Preface and Prologue; 1. Of the Rooster and the Pearl or Jasper; 2. Of the Wolf and the Lamb; 3. Of the Mouse, the Frog, and the Kite; 4. Of the Dog and the Sheep; 5. Of the Dog and the Piece of Meat; 6. Of the Lion, the Cow, the Goat, and the Sheep; 7. Of the Wicked Thief and the Sun; 8. Of the Wolf and the Crane; 9. Of the Two Dogs; 10. Of the Man and the Snake; 11. Of the Lion and the Ass; 12. Of the Two Mice; 13. Of the Eagle and the Vixen; 14. Of the Eagle, the Snail, and the Crow.
15. Of the Crow and the Fox16. Of the Lion, the Boar, the Bull, and the Ass; 17. Of the Ass and the Lapdog; 18. Of the Lion and the Mouse; 19. Of the Kite and Her Mother; 20. Of the Swallow and the Other Birds; II. The Second Book of Aesop; Prologue; 1. Of Jupiter and the Frogs; 2. Of the Doves, the Kite, and the Falcon; 3. Of the Thief and the Dog; 4. Of the Sow and the Wolf; 5. Of the Earth Which Was About to Give Birth; 6. Of the Lamb and the Wolf; 7. Of the Old Dog and His Master; 8. Of the Hares and the Frogs; 9. Of the Wolf and the Kid; 10. Of the Poor Man and the Snake.
11. Of the Deer, the Sheep, and the Wolf12. Of the Bald-Headed Man and the Fly; 13. Of the Vixen and the Stork; 14. Of the Wolf and the Statue; 15. Of the Crow and the Peacocks; 16. Of the Fly and the Mule; 17. Of the Fly and the Ant; 18. Of the Wolf, the Vixen, and the Ape; 19. Of the Ferret and the Man; 20. Of the Frog and the Bull; III. The Third Book of Aesop; 1. Of the Lion and the Shepherd; 2. Of the Horse and the Lion; 3. Of the Horse, the Ass, and of Times and Fortunes; 4. Of the Beasts and the Birds; 5. Of the Nightingale and the Falcon; 6. Of the Vixen and the Wolf.
7. Of the Stag and the Hunter8. Of the Vixen, the Cock, and the Dogs; 9. Of the Woman and Her Dead Husband; 10. Of the Woman and the Young Lad; 11. Of the Father and the Cruel Son; 12. Of the Snake and the File; 13. Of the Wolves, the Sheep, and the Dogs; 14. Of the Man and the Trees; 15. Of the Wolf and the Dog; 16. Of the Hands, the Feet, and the Belly; 17. Of the Ape and the Vixen; 18. Of the Merchant and the Ass; 19. Of the Stag and the Ox; 20. Of the Lion's Deceitful Conversation; IV. The Fourth Book of Aesop; 1. Of the Fox and the Grapes; 2. Of the Old Weasel and the Mouse.
3. Of the Wolf and the Herdsman4. Of Juno, the Peacock, and the Nightingale; 5. Of the Lobo Cerval and the Farmers; 6. Of the Sheep and the Butcher; 7. Of the Fowler and the Birds; 8. Of the Truthful Man, the Deceitful One, and the Ape; 9. Of the Horse, the Stag, and the Hunter; 10. Of the Ass and the Lion; 11. Of the Vulture and the Other Birds; 12. Of the Lion and the Vixens; 13. Of the Sick Ass and the Wolf; 14. Of the Big Sheep and the Three Little Ones; 15. Of the Man and the Lion; 16. Of the Flea and the Camel; 17. Of the Ant and the Cricket; 18. Of the Sword and the Traveler.
Summary In 1489 Johan Hurus printed the first collection of fables in Spain, Lavida del Ysopetconsusfabulas hystoriadas. Illustrated with nearly 200 woodcuts, this work quickly became the most-read book in Spain, beloved of both children and adults. Reprinted many times in the next three centuries and carried to the New World, it brought to Spanish letters a cornucopia of Aesopic fables, oriental apologues, and folktales that were borrowed by such writers as Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and especially the fabulists Iriarte and Samaniego. John Keller and Clark Keating now present the first English transla.
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Subject Fables, Spanish -- Translations into English.
Fables, Spanish.
Fables, Greek -- Adaptations.
Fables, Greek -- Adaptations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Adaptations.
Translations.
Adaptations.
Added Author Aesop.
Keller, John Esten.
Keating, L. Clark (Louis Clark), 1907-1991.
Other Form: Online version: Aesop's fables. English. Aesop's fables. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1993 (OCoLC)607124684
Online version: Aesop's fables. English. Aesop's fables. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1993 (OCoLC)624414344
Print version: Aesop's fables. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1993 0813118123 9780813118123 (DLC) 92002478 (OCoLC)26718980
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