Fables by Avianus (112 results)
Language: English
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore), 1993
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Very fine/Very fine. First Edition. First printing. Hardbound. A clean unread copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket protector. F-2000.
Published by The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1993
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Seller: Rosebud Books, golconda, IL, U.S.A.Rosebud Books
Contact seller3-star sellerHardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. sm 4 to; slate blue cloth covered boards; silver spine lettering; 55 pp.; foreward by Jack Zipes. Complete work of the fifth-century Roman writer. As new-clean, tight, & attractive. as new-protected by new Mylar wrap. Neil Welliver (illustrator).
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Published by Baltimore & London. 1993. John Hopkins Univ. Press, 1993
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tall, dark grey cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library marking…s, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (NAP). tutone frontis. illustration. xix+55p. poetry. ancient literature. roman literature. roman empire. folklore. mythology. philosophy. ~ "When the word fable is mentioned," writes Jack Zipes in his foreword to this volume, "one automatically thinks of the name Aesop, never Avianus." Nevertheless, the lively and instructive fables of this early fifth~century Roman writer enjoyed significant popularity in Europe throughout the Middle Ages. Now the complete work of Avianus ~ forty~two elegiac fables in all ~ has been rendered into contemporary English verse by acclaimed translator David Slavitt. The volume also features four new illustrations by the artist Neil Welliver. The fables of Avianus show a world in flux, a topsy~turvy world, in which humor and cunning constitute the only saving grace for humans~and, one might add, the poet. While remaining true to the Aesopic spirit of depicting scenes of survival of the fittest in a blunt and candid manner, Avianus is fond of hyperbole and the grotesque, and he skillfully employs his hexameters to bring about an ironic twist that often makes the reader question traditional assumptions. Writing at a time when the Roman world was being transformed by the rise of Christianity, Avianus appears to voice doubt about humankind's ability to deal with change. But Avianus's voice was not a voice of despair. Like Aesop, he shows a clear preference in his fables for learning how to survive and for the underdog. These and other parallels between Avianus's world and our own are all the more striking in the splendid verse translations of David Slavitt. Speaking as clearly to us as he did to his Roman contemporaries, Avianus is once again revealed as a shrewd poet who can unmask hypocrisy and overcome adversity every bit as well as his savvy master Aesop.
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, (1993)., Baltimore and London, 1993
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Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD, 1993
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Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press November 1993, 1993
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Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1887
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Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1993
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Translated by David R. Slavitt. Foreword by Jack Zipes. Illustrations by Neil Welliver. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with sunning to the spine and a portion of the back panel.
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1993
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Published by Baltimore:Johns Hopkins Press. 1993. Hardcover., 1993
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