2 • Fables of power: the sixteenth century

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 • Aesop's life: Fathering the fable 13
6. 2 • Fables of power: the sixteenth century 45
7. 3 • "The fable is inverted": 1628-1700 81
8. 4 • Body fables 111
9. 5 • "The world is Chang'd": 1700-2000 139
10. Postscript • 157
11. Notes • 159
12. Index • 173