Title From Aesop to Reynard : beast literature in medieval Britain / Jill Mann

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 380 pages) : illustrations 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 Summary 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' Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes English Print version record 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. Animals in literature Animals, Mythical, in literature English literature -- Middle English French literature Latin literature, Medieval and modern Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191712371 019171237X

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