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La Fontaine and his friends : a biography / by Agnes Ethel Mackay.
LIBRA - Special PQ1812 .M26 1973
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mackay, Agnes Ethel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.
- La Fontaine, Jean de.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- vii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : G. Braziller, 1973.
- Summary:
- This biography explores the impressive body of work of the famous French poet, La Fontaine.
- Contents:
- Childhood and early life at Château-Thierry
- Chez Fouquet
- An interlude
- Four friends
- The boullons and their circle
- At the luxembourg
- Madame de la Sablière
- The academy and the theatre
- Friends in England and France
- Princes and patrons
- The conversion
- The fables.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0807606944
- 9780807606940
- OCLC:
- 754628
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