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An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds is the first English verse translation of the Greek satirical poem Diegesis Paidiophrastos ton Zoon ton Tetrapodon. Written by an anonymous author in fourteenth-century Byzantium, this vernacular allegorical poem has long been recognized as a unique document, one that appears to have originated independently of comparable works in other traditions. A medieval Animal Farm, the story describes a convention of animals in which each beast vaunts its uses to humanity while denigrating others, resulting in a cataclysmic battle. The authors provide extensive textual analysis and notes on the form, style, and context of the poem.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds
• Author: Nick Nicholas
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 576
• EAN: 9780231127608
• ISBN: 023112760X
• ID: 04557969
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Weight: 771 g
• Dimensions: 226 × 161 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. June 2003

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