Fable As Literature

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"This is a study of a curious and neglected facet of literature, in which the author traces the development and the uses of fable in Euopean literature, from Aesop and the Greeks to the revival of fable in contemporary fiction. This is the first serious study of fable in literature."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

subjects: Fables, history and criticism,  Fables,  History and criticism