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Reineke Fuchs by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Reineke Fuchs – Reynard The Fox. With roots stretching back to Aesop’s Fables and the oral folk tradition, the allegorical tales of Reynard the Fox (‘Reineke Fuchs’) emerged in the 12th century as a storytelling convention, becoming conspicuously popular in Germany, France and Holland. One of the common structural themes around which the assorted tales frequently revolved has the rogue hero Reynard outwitting a royal court when he is brought up on charges laid by other forest animals. Recurring characters include the wily Reynard, King Noble the lion, Isengrim the wolf, Bruin the bear, Baldwin the ass and Tibert (Tybalt) the cat. Always humorous, often in verse form, the assortment of fables satirised the contemporary societies in which they were developed, resulting in “the subversion of certain kinds of serious literature, of political and religious institutions and practices, of scholarly argument and moralizing, and of popular beliefs and customs”. The shameless and self-serving fox emerges as the peasant hero with his display of contempt for the upper classes. The anthropomorphic animals in the stories could of course be adjusted to symbolise real political or clerical figures or broad allegorical concepts to fit the prevailing mood as desired.

Germany’s great writer, Wolfgang von Goethe, adapted a medieval version of Reynard the Fox to produce an epic poem in hexameter in 1794 – ‘Reineke Fuchs’ – which is thought to have been influenced by the events of the French Revolution. With an elaborate set of 36 steel engravings by German artist Wilhelm von Kaulbach, this is a Limited Edition facsimile copy of the 1867 edition. The text is in German.

Features;

• Limited Edition, this is Number 2142 of 2400
• Publisher Winkler-Verlag, Munich; 1964
• Hardback, 257 pp
• With an elaborate set of 36 steel engravings by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
• Size 340 x 280mm, 3.5kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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