ellauri115.html on line 834: A specimen of Fontaine's mal à propos remarks. A brother of Boileau, who was a doctor of the Sorbonne, pronounced one day, before La Fontaine and two or three others, a long eulogy upon St. Augustine. The fabulist, whose mind had been running upon a very different author, and who had but little idea of the distinction to be observed between writers on sacred and profane subjects, interrupted the doctor to ask whether he thought St. Augustine a greater genius than Rabelais. The theologian contented himself with the reply, “Take care, M. La Fontaine, you have put on your stockings the wrong side out!” Sepalus on persepuolella.
ellauri115.html on line 838: His attachment to his friends, says a biographer, was that of a dog to a master. When Mme. de Sablière, who gave the improvident fabulist a home for twenty years, was asked what she had saved from a financial disaster, she replied, “I only kept my dog and cat, and La Fontaine.”
ellauri144.html on line 575: A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States, and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that he may well be the greatest satirist America has ever produced, and in this regard can take his place with such figures as Juvenal, Swift, and Voltaire. His war stories influenced Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway, and others, and he was considered an influential and feared literary critic. In recent decades Bierce has gained wider respect as a fabulist and for his poetry.
ellauri183.html on line 82: Malamud laughs at the labels which contemporary critics have pinned on him. "Tragico-comico, realistico-fabulistico; the more the merrier!" More human excellence! More generosity! More coed pussy! Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.
ellauri300.html on line 98: Demyan Bedny tai Jefim Aleksejevitš Pridvorov, (s. 13. huhtikuuta [1. huhtikuuta, vanha tyyli], 1883, Gubovka, Ukraina, Venäjän valtakunta – kuoli 25. toukokuuta 1945, Barvikha, lähellä Moskovaa), Neuvostoliiton runoilija, joka tunnetaan molemmista jakeistaan, jotka ylistävät vuoden 1917 vallankumousta ja hänen satiirisia tarujaan. Suurruhtinan luonnollinen poika Pridvorov alkoi osallistua sosialistiseen lehdistöön ennen vallankumousta ja otti käyttöön nimen Demyan Bedny ("Demyan the Poor"). Vuonna 1912 hänen satiirinsa alkoivat ilmestyä. Hänen tyylinsä sai vaikutteita 1800-luvun venäläisestä fabulistista Ivan Krylovista. Vuosina 1917-1930 Bednyn limerickit olivat erittäin suosittuja suuren yleisön keskuudessa, ja Lenin itse, vaikka pani merkille niiden karkeuden, ylisti niiden propaganda-arvoa.
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