The Works of La Fontaine

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Summary: A program about the life and work of the great-and enigmatic-fabulist whose renditions of Aesop in verse hold up animals as a mirror for man. Splendidly illustrated 18th-century books containing the fables as well as other stories by La Fontaine provide the visuals for some of La Fontaine's most charming and trenchant fables-light-handedly moral, elegantly voiced, and a sourcebook of what have become some of France's most frequently-used aphorisms.

Record details

Physical Description: 1streaming video file (26 min.) :
remote
electronic resource (video)
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c1985

Content descriptions

General Note:	Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on May 02, 2012. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Pursuing Worldly Pleasure (1:49) -- La Fontaine's Fables (2:26) -- Illustrating La Fontaine's Fables (1:01) -- La Fontaine, "Fable Choisies" (3:32) -- La Fontaine, Fables of Judgment (3:24) -- La Fontaine, "Contes et Nouvelles en Vers" (4:57) -- Illustrations for "Contes et Nouvelles en Vers" (2:55) -- "Les Amours de Psyché et Cupidon" (3:53) -- La Fontaine's Works Span the Century of Enlightenment (0:59) -- Credits: The Works of La Fontaine (0:47)
Target Audience Note:	10 & up.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description.