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Reynard the Fox / retold by Anne Louise Avery.
Van Pelt Library PR6101.V47 R49 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Avery, Anne Louise, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reynard, the Fox (Legendary character).
- Reynard.
- Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492.
- Foxes--Fiction.
- Foxes.
- Reynard, the Fox (Legendary character)--Fiction.
- Animals--Fiction.
- Folklore--France.
- East Flanders (Belgium)--Fiction.
- Reynard, the Fox (Legendary character)--Adaptations.
- Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492--Adaptations.
- Caxton, William.
- Genre:
- Fairy tales.
- Fiction.
- Adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 449 pages : color maps ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Reynard--a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders--is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors. How will he pit his wits against his accusers--greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound, and dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf--to escape the gallows?"--Dust jacket flap.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. One Summoning
- pt. Two Callowing
- pt. Three Pilgrimage
- pt. Four Lying
- pt. Five Jewels
- pt. Six Combat
- pt. Seven Home.
- Notes:
- Map on endpapers.
- "Based on William Caxton's bestselling 1481 English translation from the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterisation, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story"--Dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9781851245550
- 1851245553
- OCLC:
- 1143634386
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