Mastering Aesop

Description:

"In this first study of a text from the primary school canon, Edward Wheatley examines fable as a mode of discourse in its medieval curricular context and then discusses the ways in which it influenced the work of Chaucer, Lydgate, and Henryson."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: History and criticism,  English literature,  Greek influences,  Literature,  Animals in literature,  Knowledge,  Aesop's fables,  Medieval Education,  English Fables,  Adaptations,  Greek Fables,  Influence,  Appreciation,  Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400,  Lydgate, john, 1370?-1451?,  Henryson, robert, 1430?-1506?,  English literature, history and criticism, middle english, 1100-1500,  Education, medieval,  Fables, history and criticism,  Littérature anglaise,  Histoire et critique,  Influence grecque,  Fables anglaises,  Animaux dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Middle English,  Bellettrie,  Middelengels,  Fabels,  Onderwijs,  English,  Languages & Literatures,  Morall fabillis of Esope the Phrygian (Henryson, Robert),  Nun's priest's tale (Chaucer, Geoffrey),  Knowledge and learning

People: Robert Henryson (1430?-1506?),  John Lydgate (1370?-1451?),  Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400),  Aesop

Places: Great Britain

Times: Middle English, 1100-1500