After Aesop: Improvisations On Aesop's Fables Steven Carter LN

Description: About this productProduct IdentifiersPublisherHamilton BooksISBN-10076185147XISBN-139780761851479eBay Product ID (ePID)7038760463Product Key FeaturesBook TitleAfter Aesop : Improvisations on Aesop's FablesNumber of Pages238 PagesLanguageEnglishTopicFolklore & Mythology, General, Ancient & Classical, HumorPublication Year2010GenreLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Literary CollectionsAuthorSteven CarterFormatTrade PaperbackDimensionsItem Height0.7 inItem Weight12.7 OzItem Length9.2 inItem Width6.1 inAdditional Product FeaturesIntended AudienceTradeReviewsPraise for Steven Carter's previous book, Judgment of the Crows: I have Judgment of the Crows on my night table and read twenty or so pages a night. . . . The work is smooth and wonderfully convoluted . . . mysteriously complex and completely delightful., Praise for Steven Carter's previous book, Judgment of the Crows:I have Judgment of the Crows on my night table and read twenty or so pages a night. . . . The work is smooth and wonderfully convoluted . . . mysteriously complex and completely delightful., Steven Carter's triumph is to have established a sort of universal ethic of 'how to be,' while promoting at the same time a holistic view of human beings in individual social, cultural, and psychological contexts., To their credit, Steven Carter's books make honorable attempts to shore against our ruins a devotion to the powers of erudition, critical analysis, and judgment. In the words of Ezra Pound in Canto LXXXI, 'Here error is all in the not done, all in the diffidence that faltered. . .' For Steven Carter, these are words to live by.SynopsisIn After Aesop: Improvisations on Aesop's Fables, Steven Carter adds parody to his wide-ranging repertoire of literary genres. Aesop, perhaps the world's best-known author, produced hundreds of fables that have been re-told countless times, but rarely parodied on a one-to-one basis. By turns hilarious, poignant, and profound, the more than 200 entries in After Aesop are certain to instruct and entertain a diverse modern audience., This book adds parodies Aesop, perhaps the world's best-known author, produced hundreds of fables that have been re-told countless times, on a one-to-one basis. By turns hilarious, poignant, and profound, the more than 200 entries in After Aesop will instruct and entertain a diverse modern audience.Item description from the seller

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