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Lädt ... Ysengrimusvon Jill Mann
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A marvelous satire on the church straight from the Middle Ages, witty as Cicero, cruel as Nero, and behold - to each nature his own, a masterful command of plot and characters pointing to the fact that clergy was as much detested as it is now, the difference layeth in power and treasuries of The Unholy See that is much impoverished by triumphant reason among paid in burning pyres and persecutions of great men and women by impudent, fire-and-brimstone hypocrites of the Church epitomized in the master nun pig Salaura. Dom Ysengrimus perished, character and nature sows fates. Fox, symbol of the medieval heretic prevailed by overseeing cunningly the whole scenery. Highly commendable! There is much more to this tale, may my last impressions do not mislead you! Read and judge for yourself. ( ) A marvelous satire on the church straight from the Middle Ages, witty as Cicero, cruel as Nero, and behold - to each nature his own, a masterful command of plot and characters pointing to the fact that clergy was as much detested as it is now, the difference layeth in power and treasuries of The Unholy See that is much impoverished by triumphant reason among paid in burning pyres and persecutions of great men and women by impudent, fire-and-brimstone hypocrites of the Church epitomized in the master nun pig Salaura. Dom Ysengrimus perished, character and nature sows fates. Fox, symbol of the medieval heretic prevailed by overseeing cunningly the whole scenery. Highly commendable! There is much more to this tale, may my last impressions do not mislead you! Read and judge for yourself. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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The twelfth-century Latin beast epic Ysengrimus is one of the great comic masterpieces of the Middle Ages. This long poem, composed in what is today Belgium, recounts the relentless persecution of the wolf Ysengrimus by his archenemy Reynard the fox, in the course of which the wolf is beaten to a pulp, flayed (twice), mutilated, and finally eaten alive by sixty-six pigs. The cartoon-like violence of the narrative is not motivated by a gratuitous delight in cruelty but by a specific satiric aim: the wolf represents the hybrid ecclesiastic who is both abbot and bishop, whose greed is comparable to the wolf's. The details of the narrative are carefully crafted to make the wolf's punishment fit the abbot-bishop's crime, creating a topsy-turvy world in which the predator becomes prey. In the elaborate rhetorical fantasies that accompany the narrative, the wolf's tortures are represented as honors (for example, his flaying is mockingly represented as an episcopal consecration). This poem gave rise to a whole body of narratives, beginning with the earliest branches of the Romance of Renard and extending into most of the European vernaculars, so influential that the name Renard eventually became the standard word for fox in French. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)873.03Literature Latin Epic poetry, Latin ca. 750-1349, Medieval period, 14th centuryKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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