Mother Hubberd’s Tale

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Mother Hubberd’s Tale

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fable, parable, and allegory
Beast epic
…of material; in his “Mother Hubberd’s Tale,” published in 1591, a fox and an ape go off to visit the court, only to discover that life is no better there than in the provinces. More sage and serious, John Dryden’s poem of “The Hind and Panther” (1687) revived the…
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…of material; in his “Mother Hubberd’s Tale,” published in 1591, a fox and an ape go off to visit the court, only to discover that life is no better there than in the provinces. More sage and serious, John Dryden’s poem of “The Hind and Panther” (1687) revived the…
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