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"The Fables of La Fontaine"

The Literary Encyclopedia, 2023

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  • Title:
    "The Fables of La Fontaine"
  • Author: Bohnert, Céline
  • Subjects: Humanities and Social Sciences ; Literature
  • Is Part Of: The Literary Encyclopedia, 2023
  • Description: Genre: Fable. Country: France. When the first Fables choisies, mises en vers par Monsieur de La Fontaine [Selected Fables, set to verse by M. de La Fontaine] were released in 1668, the poet was forty-seven years old. From then on, he would continue to experiment with a poetic form which he turned towards a wider audience. La Fontaine made his fables a humble but crucial vantage point on human nature and the society of his time, in the manner of La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)'s Maximes and La Bruyère (1645-1696)'s Caractères. He thus expanded the genre's potential, as his style benefited from his practice of many other literary forms: tale, epic, idyll, novel, and dramatic genres. Indeed, the Fables' lyrical quality results from their versatility, their allusive yet suggestive manner, their musical and rhythmical inventiveness, and from the discrete yet intimate presence of the fabulist behind the scenes.
  • Language: English
  • Source: HAL SHS: Archive ouverte en Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (Open Access)
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