Reynard the Fox
：Cultural Metamorphoses and Social Engagement in the Beast Epic from the Middle Ages to the Present
( Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections )
Publication subTitle ：Cultural Metamorphoses and Social Engagement in the Beast Epic from the Middle Ages to the Present
Publication series ：Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections
Author： Varty> Kenneth
Publisher： Berghahn Books
Publication year： 2000
E-ISBN: 9781785330551
Subject： I106 the classics and study
Keyword： 社会科学理论与方法论,历史、地理
Language： ENG
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Description
There are many stories featuring the villainous hero Reynard the Fox in many languages told over many centuries, goingback as far as the early 12th century. All these stories are comic and much of the humour depends on parody and satire resulting in mockery, sometimes the subversion of certain kinds of serious literature, of political and religious institutions and practices, of scholarly argument and moralizing, and of popular beliefs and customs. The contributors to this volume, all of them experts in one or more of the Reynard stories and their backgrounds, focus on the transformation of these tales through various media and to what extent they reflect differences in the cultural, class, and generational background of their tellers.