Reader, Teller and Teacher
The Narrator of Robert Henryson's "Moral Fables</I>
Published on 1. August 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 120 pages
978-3-631-46552-3 (ISBN)
Description
Henryson's Narrator acts as reader, teller and teacher of his Moral Fables, as he guides his audience with direct addresses and manipulation of responses. The development of character and motif, his use of language and mood, and the relation of moralitates to tales are examined in the study of the Narrator's techniques. The themes of the work are introduced in the early tales and summarized in the last fable. The repetition and variation of themes support acceptance of the order used in the Bassandyne Print, a source which presents the thirteen fables as a formed, complete and balanced work.
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Series
Edition
Annotated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Frankfurt a.M.
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
1 tab.
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-46552-3 (9783631465523)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: Rosemary Greentree gained a BA and M.A. from the University of Adelaide. She has published and given conference papers on Henryson and the Middle English Lyrics, and contributed to a bibliography of Chaucer's Miller's Reeve's and Cook's (forthcoming). She is now working on a Ph.D., preparing an annotated bibliography of the Middle English Lyrics, and plans to edit a collection of papers on Middle Scots at the Millenium, in collaboration with Steven R. McKenna.
Content
Contents: A study of the Narrator of Henryson's Moral Fables, as reader, teller and teacher of the work - The narrative techniques: Development of character and motif, the use of language and mood, and the relation of tales and moralitates - The order of the Bassandyne Print.