Goethe's Reineke Fox ; West-Eastern Divan ; And, AchilleidG. Bell and Sons, 1890 - 376 pages |
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... story , as given by Goethe , and translated in the following pages , appears sufficient to dispel any idea of the kind . It is a fable , in which beasts , whilst retaining their characteristic traits and propensities , display worldly ...
... story , as given by Goethe , and translated in the following pages , appears sufficient to dispel any idea of the kind . It is a fable , in which beasts , whilst retaining their characteristic traits and propensities , display worldly ...
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... story any tendency to satire , but several of the incidents related go far to prove that the author of the version from which Goethe drew the materials for Reineke Fuchs , at all events , had in view some of the abuses that had crept ...
... story any tendency to satire , but several of the incidents related go far to prove that the author of the version from which Goethe drew the materials for Reineke Fuchs , at all events , had in view some of the abuses that had crept ...
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... story of Reynard the Fox has given rise at various times the following may be noted . The Latin poem entitled , " Ecbasis cujusdam captivi pro Tropologiam , " published by Grimm and Andreas Schmeller in 1838. This consists chiefly of ...
... story of Reynard the Fox has given rise at various times the following may be noted . The Latin poem entitled , " Ecbasis cujusdam captivi pro Tropologiam , " published by Grimm and Andreas Schmeller in 1838. This consists chiefly of ...
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... story , but not related in the same order . It seems unnecessary to enter into the details of these . The next is the first High German poem on the subject of Reynard the Fox . It was contained in a subsequent work of an unknown author ...
... story , but not related in the same order . It seems unnecessary to enter into the details of these . The next is the first High German poem on the subject of Reynard the Fox . It was contained in a subsequent work of an unknown author ...
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... story in Chaucer and elsewhere , that it had been known in England in far earlier times . Caxton's version is in prose , and contains the same incidents as Goethe's work : it has been republished in 1844 , in the twelfth volume of the ...
... story in Chaucer and elsewhere , that it had been known in England in far earlier times . Caxton's version is in prose , and contains the same incidents as Goethe's work : it has been republished in 1844 , in the twelfth volume of the ...
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