ISBN: 9780801846847 - the fables of avianus (14 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Minimal shelf wear, clean internals. May have remainder mark.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Very fine/Very fine. First Edition. First printing. Hardbound. A clean unread copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket protector. F-2000.

Zustand: FINE. First printing. A contemporary translation of all 42 fables written by this early 5th century Roman writer, one which captures the humor and the irony of the originals. With a foreword by Jack Zipes, an introduction by the translator, and illustrated by Neil Welliver with a frontispiece and 4 full page duotone drawings. A very attractive book. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.).…

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0801846846. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Translated by David R. Slavitt. Foreword by Jack Zipes. Illustrations by Neil Welliver. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with sunning to the spine and a portion of the back panel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Translated by David R. Slavitt. Foreword by Jack Zipes. Illustrations by Neil Welliver. Octavo. Fine in fine dust jacket.Publisher's promotional material laid in.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. 6.5 X 0.5 X 9.75 inches; 80 pages.

The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore / London, 1993. XIX,55p. ills.(two-tone line drawings). Original anthracite cloth with pictorial dust wrappers. Spine gilt titled. Dust wrappers to spine and small part front cover a little bit discoloured. Else fine. 'When the word fable is mentioned,' writes Jack Zipes in his foreword to this volume, 'one automatically thinks of the name Aesop, never Avianus.' Nevertheless, the liverly and insturctive fables of this early fifth-century Roman writer enjoyed significant popularity in europe throughout the Middle Ages. Noew the complete work of Avianus - forty-two elegiac fables in all - has been rendered into contemporary English verse by acclaimed translator David Slavitt. The fables of Avianus show a world in flux, a topsy-turvy wirkd, in which humor and cunning constitute the only saving grace for humans, and, one might add, the poet. While remaining true to the Aesopic spirit of depicting scenes of survival of the fittest in a blunt and candid manner, Avianus is fond of hyperbole and the grotesque, and he skillfully emplys his hexameters to bring about an ironic twist that often makes the reader question traditional assumptions. Writing at a time when the roman world was being transformed by the rise of Christianity, Avianus appears to voice doubt about humankind's ability to deal with change. Bus Avianus's voice was not a voice of despair. Like Aesop, he shows a clear preference in his fables for learning how to survive and for the underdog. These and other parallels between Avianus' world and our own are all the more striking in the splendid verse translations of David Slavitt. Speaking as clearly to us as he dit to his Roman contemporaries, Avianus is once again reveales as a shrewd poet who can unmask hypocracy and overcome adversity every bit as well as his savvy master Aesop. (Publisher's information). …

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.