Esthetics of negligence, the: la fontaine's contes
Auteur :
Lapp, John C.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521107334
Date de publication :
2 avr. 2009
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
250 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
A collection of traditional humorous verse tales about the relationships between the sexes, La Fontaine's Contes have tended to be dismissed as merely scabrous, although they were favourably regarded by his contemporaries. In this book devoted to the Contes, Professor Lapp re-establishes them as repaying serious study, as examples of La Fontaine's skill in 'the esthetics of negligence'.