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Un Merveilleux sans éclat: La Fontaine ou la poésie exilée

By Marcel Gutwirth (NHC Fellow, 1985–86)

French Literature; Fables; Animals; Ethics; Jean de La Fontaine

Geneva, Switzerland: Librairie Droz, 1987

From the publisher’s description:

La Fontaine's victory is both striking and discreet. Everyone knows his fables, but often knows only that. By restoring to this work all its force, by respecting all its voices, Marcel Gutwirth shows us its singular coherence.

Subjects
Literature / French Literature / Fables / Animals / Ethics / Jean de La Fontaine /

Gutwirth, Marcel (NHC Fellow, 1985–86). Un Merveilleux sans éclat: La Fontaine ou la poésie exilée. Histoire des idées et critique littéraire. Geneva, Switzerland: Librairie Droz, 1987.