01472nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000075730 StDuBDS 20150804193928.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100211s2009 enk fo 001 0 eng d 9780191712371 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PA8030 809.93362 22 Mann, Jill. From Aesop to Reynard [electronic resource] : beast literature in medieval Britain / by Jill Mann. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009. 1 online resource (xii, 380 p.) What do stories about animals have to tell us about human beings? This book analyzes the shrewd perceptions about human life - and especially human language - that emerge from narratives in which the main figures are 'talking animals'. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism. French literature To 1500 History and criticism. Latin literature, Medieval and modern History and criticism. Animals in literature. Animals, Mythical, in literature. Print version 9780199217687 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199217687.001.0001 37126 37126