Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 23
Page 62
135 According to Gosson , birds and beasts , even the most witless , show more
wisdom than do people in protecting themselves from enemies : " Aristotle
thinketh that in greate windes the Bees carry little stones in their mouthes to
peyse their ...
135 According to Gosson , birds and beasts , even the most witless , show more
wisdom than do people in protecting themselves from enemies : " Aristotle
thinketh that in greate windes the Bees carry little stones in their mouthes to
peyse their ...
Page 67
... his fable with the description of the “ Griphon " given by " Isidore in his twenty
two of Etymologies . " 195 The usurer , according to Diogenes , " is compared to a
worme , " and " he shall haue RENAISSANCE NON - RELIGIOUS PROSE 67.
... his fable with the description of the “ Griphon " given by " Isidore in his twenty
two of Etymologies . " 195 The usurer , according to Diogenes , " is compared to a
worme , " and " he shall haue RENAISSANCE NON - RELIGIOUS PROSE 67.
Page 70
225 According to Harvey , such writers as Nashe and Greene " can tell parlous
Tales of Beares and Foxes , as shrewdlye as mother Hubbard . ” 226 Not only the
ass and the ape but also the wolf , because of his ravenousness and predatory ...
225 According to Harvey , such writers as Nashe and Greene " can tell parlous
Tales of Beares and Foxes , as shrewdlye as mother Hubbard . ” 226 Not only the
ass and the ape but also the wolf , because of his ravenousness and predatory ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
according Aesopic ancient animal symbolism appeared Aristotle Smith Arte of Rhetorique bear birds called compared conventional ideas creatures Deloney Mann dragon Elizabethan emblem employed England Arber English Ephemerides of Phialo Euphues Arber example expression fables fishes Foure Foure-Footed Beastes Gosson Greek Greene Grosart Harvey Grosart haue Historie of Foure-Footed Huntington Library facsimile ibid ideas about animals John Lyly Kerrow kind king lion literature Lodge Hunterian Club London medieval moral Nashe Mc Nashe McKerrow Natural History Rackham Painter Palace of Pleasure Pallace of Pettie period Petite Pallace Pettie His Pleasure Phialo Huntington Library Pleasure Hartman Pliny poem points political popular Press prose reason recto represents Rhetorique Mair Riche romances satire says School of Abuse Sidney Feuillerat sixteenth century Smith and Ross story tells Thomas Topsell tradition translation University verso VIII Wilson's Arte wolf writings
Bibliographic information
| Title | Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
| Author | William Meredith Carroll |
| Publisher | Bookman Associates, 1954 |
| Length | 166 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |