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Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for writing them and their resonance for readers (and listeners) remain consistent to the present. This work argues for their essential roles as sources of amusement and instruction, as well as being profoundly unsettling. Authors as diverse as Tolkien, Freud, Voltaire, Bakhtin, Cordwainer Smith, Karel Capek, Vladimir Propp, and many more are discussed in relation to their work in the realm of the animal fable.

The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for... Read more

    Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
    Publication Date: 30/04/2010
    ISBN13: 9780786447831, 978-0786447831
    ISBN10: 786447834

    Number of Pages: 268

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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    Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for writing them and their resonance for readers (and listeners) remain consistent to the present. This work argues for their essential roles as sources of amusement and instruction, as well as being profoundly unsettling. Authors as diverse as Tolkien, Freud, Voltaire, Bakhtin, Cordwainer Smith, Karel Capek, Vladimir Propp, and many more are discussed in relation to their work in the realm of the animal fable.

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