Ebook: Der ›Esopus‹ des Burkard Waldis und die Fabel der Frühen Neuzeit: Gattungstradition und -transformation, Autorisierungsstrategien, Deutungsmöglichkeiten

In its 400 fables and tales, the largest 16^th century German-language collection of fables covers a wide variety of narrative and discursive forms. Drawing on sources, genre tradition, and textual history, this study of the Esopus analyzes collection features, authorization strategies, and possible interpretations, combining microanalyses of individual fables with a macroanalysis of the work as a whole.