La Fontaine's Bawdy - Of Libertines, Louts, and Lechers

The Contes et nouvelles en vers of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) were published at various times throughout his life, often these works threatened to get him in trouble with both Church and Academie. This translation covers the entire corpus in all their variety. The mildly suggestive mingle with the frankly bawdy rendered in the spirit they were written in and scrupulously faithful to one of France's greatest poets.

Summary

The "Contes et nouvelles en vers" of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) were published at various times throughout his life, often these works threatened to get him in trouble with both Church and Academie. This translation covers the entire corpus in all their variety.

Product details

• Authors: Jean De La Fontaine, Jean De La Fontaine
• Assisted by: David Schorr (Illustration), Norman R. Shapiro (Translation)
• Publisher: Black Widow Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9780981808819
• ISBN: 978-0-9818088-1-9
• No. of pages: 273
• Dimensions: 228 mm x 155 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Series: Black Widow Press Translations; Black Widow Press Translations
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies