| 单词 | fabulist |
| 例句 | The two narrative modes are sides of a single coin in “Big Fish,” a musical about a son’s relationship with his charming, infuriating fabulist of a father. Review | ‘Big Fish’ looks for the truth in a father-son relationship 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z So impressed was Mr Toibin by the Hungarian’s fabulist confections that he founded a small publishing imprint, Tuskar Rock Press, to bring just such fiction to a wider audience. Transcendental meditation 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z So it’s no surprise that many of the writers he’s drawn to are fabulists in their way. Books of The Times: ‘A Place in the Country,’ Essays by W. G. Sebald 2014-02-09T22:17:26Z Buying ice cream one day at the grocery store, she saw her photo on the cover of The Globe, the British fabulist paper, identified as the former president’s new paramour. At Home With Sheila Bridges: Weeding Out the Riffraff 2013-07-17T23:00:39Z Critics have long referred to Don Rigoberto as Vargas Llosa’s alter ego, but I’d vote for this provocative little trickster: a brilliant fabulist who’s always three steps ahead of everyone else. Mario Vargas Llosa’s delicious melodrama of sex, love and revenge 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The other directors are devotees of cinéma vérité; Herzog is a fabulist, famous for inserting made-up facts and scenes into his documentaries at every turn. Making New Year’s Resolutions with Werner Herzog 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Machado’s debut collection is a wild thing, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link, borrowing from science fiction, queer theory and horror. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z This slyly fabulist story inhabits the point of view of a sickly goat taken in by a poor Indian family. New in Paperback: ‘The War Before the War’ and ‘Evening in Paradise’ 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z We watched serial fabulist George Santos portray Charlie Brown in the back row. Perspective | The House speaker vote is the best thing on TV right now 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Young and naïve, Cleo possesses a tenacity that her fabulist inclinations sometimes obscure. Review: In ‘Rocket to the Moon,’ a Dentist Deals With a Midlife Crisis 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z In his letters, he styles himself both "the fabulist Calvino" and "the realist Calvino": which was the real one? Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985 – review 2013-05-29T13:42:12Z "The Lady and the Dale" quickly establishes Carmichael as a small-town Indiana fabulist who shirked a humdrum lifestyle and responsibilities in favor of "get rich quick" schemes. Buckle up! "The Lady and the Dale" is a wild ride through the cons of auto CEO Elizabeth Carmichael 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z Ironically for a film about an organ that prides itself on the quality of its reporting – remember the firing of fabulist Jayson Blair and the "retiring" of discredited WMD reporter Judith Miller? Don't hold the front page for A Year Inside the New York Times 2011-01-25T12:41:44Z Truth and fiction mingle like guests at a cocktail party where the booze flows so freely you forget who’s the historian and who’s just an entertaining fabulist. Raise a glass to 1920s Paris and the Americans who imbibed there 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z However, the young Ms. Green is more than just a nostalgic, flannel-era fabulist; her singsong hooks are conduits to lyrics of shrewd self-awareness and insouciant honesty, and her distorted guitars have palpable strength. Pop & Rock Listings for April 10-16 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Those fabulous fabulists are back at it in the season premiere of the hit teen drama “Pretty Little Liars.” TV This Week, May 31-June 6: 'Pretty Little Liars' and more 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Perhaps this is a way to stay away from politics: to be a fabulist, but not to be taken so seriously. Pow! by Mo Yan – review 2013-01-18T21:00:03Z “The Cobbler,” which Mr. McCarthy wrote with Paul Sado, speaks to the fabulist side of Mr. Sandler, the one that appeared in “Click” and “Bedtime Stories.” Review: ‘The Cobbler,’ With Adam Sandler, a World in Others’ Shoes 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The biggest drop-off from the film is the lack of an Angela, the artist and Internet fabulist whom Mr. Schulman found at the end of his own journey. Television Review: ‘Catfish: The TV Show,’ With Nev Schulman, Exposes Deceit 2012-11-11T22:56:58Z Herzog is at once a romantic and a sceptic, a fabulist and a harsh observer. Werner Herzog, a movie-making genius of performance art 2010-10-21T14:35:00Z At the same time, the fabulist insists, there must be a gesture, a way to recast or rethink. In 'Dinner at the Center of the Earth,' Nathan Englander deepens and expands what he does so well 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z He considers himself a realist more than a fabulist, a fact that might surprise ardent Pullmaniacs obsessed with the universe he has built. Philip Pullman Has Made a Career Building New Worlds. He’s Not Done Yet 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The other is Clifford Irving, de Hory’s biographer and a fabulist in his own right: He gained international infamy for publishing a book on Howard Hughes based on encounters that never happened. Does It Matter if a Documentary Is Staged? These Two Films Hold Answers 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Eventually, the two fabulists trip over each other in the “killer’s” wake. When good TV goes bad: how The Wire lost its spark 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z In these 10 fabulist tales, the body and the inevitability of loss shimmer, and each story moves effortlessly between horror and the real. A Visceral and Fabulist Short Story Collection Filled With Roots, Inheritance and Blood 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z His character Oskar Matzerath, who stops growing because he can’t face the adult reality of his time, is one kind of fabulist being that allows the author to enter the horror. What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z It’s a wild thing, this book, covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi, and borrowing from science fiction, queer theory and horror. Fairy Tales About the Fears Within 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z That includes even the formidable Seacole, despite her undeniable achievements and her matching skills as a fabulist. Review: ‘Marys Seacole’ Puts Biodrama Through a Kaleidoscope 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Also the Argentine fabulist Jorge Luis Borges, ever molding what we think of as reality into the extraordinary balloon animals of his imagination. Raul Ruiz, 1941-2011: Death of a Little-Known Movie Master 2011-08-22T10:20:00Z My only dissatisfaction is Cercas’s recurrent attempt to draw a parallel between Marco’s imposture and that other Spanish fabulist Don Quixote, who also lied to become the hero of his fantasies. Unmasking the Spanish ‘Impostor’ Who Lied About Surviving the Nazis 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z As for a way out of those risks, a glint of light down the urban canyons, “If Venice Dies” makes savvy use of the great fabulist Italo Calvino. Venice is just the beginning — the West is sinking into a sea of commerce 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z In “Bestiary,” Donika Kelly’s sharp, moving debut that is full of wordplay, the search for self takes many forms, real and mythical, including that of your stepdaughter’s favorite fabulist sea dweller in “Love Poem: Mermaid.” Poems to Uplift and Inspire Young Adults 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z She also aligns herself with an admirable American tradition of poetic activism, her most immediate foremother being the passionate nature writer and fabulist, Annie Dillard. The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit – review 2013-06-07T06:30:01Z His imagination is philosophical and speculative, and in style he is more a poet than a fabulist, at home in the gaps between our various ways of making sense of the world. ‘Memoria’ Review: In Search of Lost Time 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The great Scottish fabulist forsakes Glasgow to open the festival with a discussion of his life and work. Edinburgh festival 2011: Soak it up! 2011-07-17T20:29:01Z But the young woman who spent her formative years in the boisterous landscape of fabulists that was the Chelsea Hotel did so more as an amused observer — preternaturally wise and self-deprecating — than an egocentric performer. Childhood Tales From the Chelsea Hotel 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z In his new novel, “The Transmigration of Bodies,” Herrera pivots from border fabulist to noirish raconteur, bringing his considerable allegorical powers to bear on another facet of contemporary Mexican culture: Namely, its legacy of violence. In Yuri Herrera's hard-boiled 'The Transmigration of Bodies,' dirty work is providence 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Wanda’s particular predicament, hiding her magical powers from her ordinary neighbors, seems more the stuff of a 1960s fabulist comedy, à la “Bewitched.” ‘WandaVision’ Lives Inside TV. Just Like We Do. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Early in the New Yorker excerpt, for example, Talese speculates that Foos may be “a simple fabulist. . . . I cannot vouch for every detail that he recounts” in his journals. The murder the New Yorker never mentioned 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The sooner we accord priests, rabbis and imams the same respect we owe fabulists and self-help gurus, the faster we will progress toward a more just, more humane future. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z “There’s a kind of fabulist quality to it,” he said. New Jonathan Franzen Novel, 'Purity,' Coming in September 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Carter produced the opposite: fiction that was lavishly fabulist and infinitely playful, with a crown jeweler’s style, precise but fully colored. Fairy tales, fantasy and dangerous female desire: Celebrating Angela Carter, the literary link between Bros. Grimm and “50 Shades” 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z This novel, based on the life of the celebrity fiction writer, fabulist and professional oddball Jerzy Kosinski, has a light touch but manages to lift heavy subjects. 13 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Success was a fabulist tale of prepaid celebrity endorsements and social media impressions. Analysis | Fashion was broken even before the pandemic. A reboot could be just what it needs. 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z At the very least, Sam Green was a fabulist, an unabashed poseur blessed with good looks, a natural flair for storytelling, a knack for self-promotion and a markedly elastic relationship to the truth. A Collector of People Along With Art 2011-04-06T23:34:47Z A fabulist, Varone reminded us in the program, “creates or relates fables, true or imagined.” Dance: Doug Varone’s Final Performance 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z He was also a savvy entrepreneur and fabulist who, despite being illiterate and shunned by the Catholic Church, carved out a life soothsaying and healing ailing neighbors. Descended From Shamans and Ghost Whisperers 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Nora’s imposter called to mind the cruel deceptions after the Sept. 11 attacks, when fabulists took on the roles of survivor and victim. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Grief and Its Hucksters 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z This strikingly overlong number is from the soundtrack to “A Million Little Pieces,” a film based on the memoir-turned-novel by the fabulist James Frey. The Playlist: Iggy Pop’s Jazzy Whimsy, and 12 More New Songs 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Stolevski immerses viewers in this fabulist world, and his intimate camerawork both follows the characters closely but also admires the wondrous scenery. "You Won't Be Alone" is a sensual and gory shapeshifting film that pushes back at society 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Among their ranks, Mr. Koerner says, were “frazzled veterans, chronic fabulists, compulsive gamblers, bankrupt businessmen, thwarted academics, career felons and even lovesick teens.” Books of The Times: ‘The Skies Belong to Us’ Relates a 1972 Hijacking 2013-06-13T21:28:10Z So was Tim O’Brien, executive editor of Bloomberg View and a Trump biographer, who urged journalists to remember that the White House briefing room is “spoon-feeding and Trump is a habitual fabulist.” The traditional way of reporting on a president is dead. And Trump’s press secretary killed it. 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Yet this is no typical fall-from-power-through-hubris narrative or fabulist cautionary tale. A Trove of Continental Fiction Explores Loss 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z And of course the most inspired creation within “Henry IV” is one of the great fabulists of Western literature. London Theater Journal: A Double Double Bill 2010-07-28T15:51:00Z Ausubel, like skilled fabulist Carson McCullers before her, somehow makes the introduction of a giant seem natural. 'Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty' is a charming summer tale of wealth and its loss 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z "There's a kind of fabulist quality to it," he said. Franzen set to publish fifth novel 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Making an ungainly leap from Broadway stage to movie screen, the musical “Dear Evan Hansen” is the story of a liar, an accomplished fabulist who uses a troubled classmate’s self-harm to gain popularity. ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Review: You’ve Got a Friend (Not) 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z He’s been perceived as too studiedly macho, too careerist, a serial exaggerator if not an outright fabulist. Books: ?Deliverance?: A Dark Heart Still Beating 2010-08-24T22:27:00Z As played with abrasive charm by Ms. Dunagan, Ida is a loquacious fabulist, full of dubious tales of a glamorous past. Review: In ‘The Treasurer,’ a Son Remembers Mama, as She Forgets Everything 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The accused serial fabulist is now being investigated by the attorney general of New York, the district attorneys of Nassau County and Queens, and the government of Brazil. George Santos had an awkward first day at the office 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The writer and director Kim Nguyen’s film is in a distinctly fabulist mode that becomes more pronounced as it goes on. Review: ‘Two Lovers and a Bear’ Walk Onto Some Arctic Ice 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Is he, perhaps, a bit of a fabulist? Alison Klayman: ‘Bannon’s into the Great Man theory of history and he’s certain he’s one of those great men’ 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The Underground Railroad perfectly balances the realism of its subject with fabulist touches that render it freshly illuminating. To Understand America, You Have to Ride the Railroad 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The complete fiction — in 11 volumes — of arguably the most remarkable fabulist since Borges and Calvino. Review | Forget trendy bestsellers: This best books list takes you off the beaten track 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z And you need to feel that those tellers, like all great fabulists, trust in what they’re saying. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Barlow was well aware of his tendency but did not think of himself as a liar, merely a fabulist. My long strange winter trip with John Perry Barlow, a legend in the making 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z The defense has called her a “fabulist” who concocted or embellished stories. Prosecutor: Durst had ‘playbook’ on getting away with murder 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z As the sinuous sentences unfold, aphorism following insight, metaphor converted into syllogism, we realize Proust is as rigorous a thinker as he is fabulist, heir to Descartes, companion to Freud. A Century of Proust 2013-05-02T18:12:35Z Ms. Jones and Mr. Cannavale said they had largely avoided that kind of attention from fabulists. What if the Guy With the Red Pencil Is Nuts? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z What follows all rings true, like anything told by a really good fabulist. In 'Liar: A Memoir' Rob Roberge wrestles with the consequences of sex, drugs, and punk rock 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z “Both of my parents were fabulists,” she said. The Many Lives of Jeannette Walls 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z There’s a similarly fabulist quality to “The Amazing Bone,” in which Pearl, a pig in a polka-dot bonnet, is beset by pistol-wielding highwaymen. William Steig’s Books Explored the Reality That Adults Don’t Want Children to Know About 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z This works like a kind of shamanic spell to cultivate a mystical atmosphere within the story and the plot I devised functions as a path through the mists of the fabulist environment. 'Dendera': Yuya Sato on his fable about old women battling a bear 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z She recounts the life of Harry Peak, a wannabe actor and compulsive fabulist who was arrested on suspicion of starting the fire but never charged. An Epic Blaze Propels Susan Orlean’s ‘The Library Book’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z In her harrowing, boldly imagined novel, O’Brien both explores Irish provincial life and offers an unsettling fabulist vision. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Wallace does not lie as compulsively or artfully as the fabulists of some other recent gay novels. Gay Literature Is Out of the Closet. So Why Is Deception a Big Theme? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z “He is a great fabulist, and his tales are totally open to interpretation.” Huang Yong Ping Brings 'Empires' of Globalization to Paris 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Winner of the BOA Short Fiction Prize, this gathering of fabulist tales will remind many readers of Italo Calvino. A summer book list like no other 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z In building his brand, accumulating wealth and celebrity, a yacht docked on the Riviera, Alex became a master fabulist. Review | In ‘House of Glass,’ Hadley Freeman unearth’s the World War II-era secrets of her family’s past 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z A serial impersonator and fabulist, he's arrested on minor charges but dismissed as too wacky to bother with. 'Anarchist': 1970 Dario Fo comedy still packs a punch 2012-07-25T20:22:04Z It’s been a long process of trying to recuperate slavery from the fabulists who wanted to sentimentalize slavery. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Talks 12 Years a Slave and The African Americans 2013-10-22T17:35:56Z Certainly anyone who loves to read will love reading this Serbian fabulist’s entrancingly bookish stories and novels. The narrative seductiveness of Zoran Zivkovic 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z He is an egomaniac, a fabulist, and a megalomaniac who believes that he has godlike powers. More than the law: Why Trump's trials trigger him so much 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z He has most certainly shown himself to be a megalomaniac, a fabulist, a malignant narcissist, and a pathological liar. "Meet the Press" deserves the backlash 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Trump is a fabulist with a troubled relationship to reality. Biographer warns Trump will turn criminal trial into a circus: "He is imagining himself as Superman" 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The fabulist and pathological liar Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has finally been charged with committing a litany of crimes including several serious felonies. The GOP's criminality goes international 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Mr Paphitis eventually named his brand after the famous Greek fabulist and storyteller Aesop. L'Oreal buys Australian brand Aesop in $2.5bn deal 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Who will deign to sit with the House’s new serial fabulist, George Santos? Must-see TV? You never know with State of the Union 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Xavier Alvarez was a fabulist and a member of a public water board who lied about having received the Congressional Medal of Honor in a public meeting. George Santos: A democracy can’t easily penalize lies by politicians 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The Republican fabulist filed new campaign finance reports this week that only elevated the confusion over whether that money was all his, or came from some other source. Questions persist on source of George Santos campaign funds 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Santos was satirized Saturday by Bowen Yang in multiple “Saturday Night Live” sketches as a flat-voweled, fabulist who meanders from hyperbole to boastful falsehoods to incomprehensible tall tales. Perspective | The ‘lying congressman’ and his crewnecks 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z There are mounting calls from both politicians and voters to force the newly elected apparent fabulist U.S. Voters have few options to remove George Santos from Congress besides waiting till the next election 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z But her critics — mostly men — have raised doubts about the details of her recollections and accused her of being a fabulist. She Witnessed Mao’s Worst Excesses. Now She Has a Warning for the World. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z In announcing it was endorsing his opponent, the newspaper cited Santos’ behavior and called him “sketchy” and “most likely just a fabulist — a fake.” Rep.-elect Santos quiet as speaker vote delays swearing-in 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Jewish lasers and phony credentials: For House Republicans, it’s going to be a truly fabulist year. Opinion | For Republicans, it’s going to be a fabulist year 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z But he warned that it could be a bit of a fabulist — as was to be expected from a system trained from vast amounts of information posted to the internet. The New Chat Bots Could Change the World. Can You Trust Them? 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z In fairness, so will some journalists, if allowed, which is why my profession has developed strong internal controls to catch mistakes and punish deliberate fabulists. Opinion | The new AI writing tool might teach us the value of truth 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z It was a stunning rebuke from an old-style establishment politician whose protege was fixing his fortunes to a fabulist with contempt for Washington and its institutions. Ambition keeps him loyal to Donald Trump. But what does Kevin McCarthy stand for? 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The award comes after the fabulist was found liable for spreading damaging lies about the 2012 school shooting. What’s at Stake in the Latest Consumer Prices Report 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The Sandy Hook families leveraged personal stories, social media analysis and the Infowars fabulist’s lack of contrition to secure a major verdict. ‘We Told the Truth’: Sandy Hook Families Win $1 Billion From Alex Jones 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Democrats have cast Mr. Walker as a fabulist. Herschel Walker’s Company Said It Donated Profits, but Evidence Is Scant 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Doig, now in a similar role at USA Today, wrote a lengthy rebuttal on Medium in which he calls Pringle “a fabulist who is grossly misrepresenting the facts to support his false narrative.” Review | A reporter probes a powerful university — and fights with his editors 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Were House of the Dragon’s characters an especially inspired cadre of fabulists and sociopaths, this wouldn’t be so much of an issue. House of the Dragon is a grim remix of an already gruesome song you’ve heard before 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z New to the gallery is Taegan Treichel, a Denmark native who combines naturalistic renderings of foliage, birds and man-made features into fabulist compositions. Review | In the galleries: Seasonal group shows include a singular artist 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z I was so taken with the fabulist leaps of Kafka’s shorter pieces that I spent a semester working on a paper in which I analyzed his diaries. Perspective | ‘The Boys’ author Katie Hafner on her path from journalist to novelist 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Social media companies can help curb the spread of harmful lies by making it harder for fabulists to amass huge audiences. Don’t Expect Alex Jones’s Comeuppance to Stop Lies 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z The bizarre trial has highlighted both the limits of Jones’ fabulist approach to media and the difficulty of holding him accountable in court. Alex Jones must pay $4.1 million for spreading Sandy Hook conspiracy theory 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z For years, the right-wing fabulist has been in a court battle with the parents of the young children murdered in the Sandy Hook massacre. Alex Jones busted: How the Sandy Hook trial could lead to accountability for Donald Trump 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Doig, currently an investigations editor at USA Today, snapped back last week on Medium, calling Mr. Pringle “a fabulist who is grossly misrepresenting the facts to support his false narrative.” Five-Year-Old L.A. Times Investigation Becomes the Talk of the Town 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The story portrayed Macchiarini, who was already married at the time, as a serial fabulist who exaggerated or lied about degrees, academic appointments, and personal accomplishments. Disgraced Italian surgeon convicted of criminal harm to stem cell patient 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z In North Carolina, he defended Rep. Madison Cawthorn on Monday even as members of his party have denounced the GOP freshman as a fame-seeking fabulist. Trump seeks to push Oz past Barnette as Pa. primary nears conclusion 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z All emerging industries — with their attendant opportunities for entrepreneurial people no one has heard of to get rich real quick — draw at least a few fabulists. The Tale of a Crypto Executive Who Wasn’t Who He Said He Was 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z In a court filing, prosecutors called Griffin “an inflammatory provocateur and fabulist who engages in racist invective and propounds baseless conspiracy theories, including that Communist China stole the 2020 Presidential Election.” Capitol riot trial opens for Cowboys for Trump founder 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z In a court filing, prosecutors called him “an inflammatory provocateur and fabulist who engages in racist invective and propounds baseless conspiracy theories, including that Communist China stole the 2020 Presidential Election.” Capitol riot trial opens for Cowboys for Trump founder 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z With caustic and fabulist writing, he exhumed the ghosts of America’s original sin. The problematic white, male Southern writer who inspired a diverse generation 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z He described his mother, who died in 2019, as a fabulist who spun tales from random facts. A Murder, Gold Bars, a Jailbreak and Questions About Justice 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z But now it’s just an empty, all-purpose insult hurled by conservative propagandists, anti-vaccine fabulists, lazy journalists and people who don’t want to know our history. Opinion | Wake up to these ‘woke’ distortions 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The court case left him with a reputation as a fabulist, although Mr. Tapie insisted that he told the truth, or something like it. Bernard Tapie, French magnate trailed by scandal in business and soccer, dies at 78 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The defense has called her a "fabulist" who concocted or embellished stories. Robert Durst had 'playbook' on getting away with murder: prosecutor 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z I’ve always believed that the poet writing in the first person is the best fabulist, that most peculiar of words that means both “composer of fables” and “inventory of elaborate lies.” Poem: medical history 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Tomlinson said he has no interest in participating in “a Soviet-style show trial” and feels no obligation to appear alongside a bunch of fabulists or “neo-Confederate extremists” trying to bend history to their liking. Column: Remembering the Alamo, Texans fight over myth versus history 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Imagine: Next year, the question of whether or not your ballot counts could be in the hands of some Q-following fabulist who considers Trump the chosen of God. After democracy dies, maybe we’ll wonder why we failed 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z I mention his silence because he is not a silent person, not at all, but a conversationalist, a fabulist, a fast talker. What Will My Son Remember of This Horrible Year? 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Fine points are generally lost on committed fabulists. Opinion | The right is dwelling on slanderous myths about the origins of covid-19 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z “She was a fabulist. She made up stories,” he said. Defense says dismemberment is evidence of Durst’s innocence 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z DeGuerin said Berman, the daughter of a Las Vegas mobster who was a writer, was a "fabulist" who embellished stories with lies. Robert Durst's defense says client had no motive, did not kill close friend 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z In pro wrestling, working a gimmick is the tapestry of untruths you speak and act into reality — the commitment to character that propels the most gifted fabulists into superstardom. Could ‘Young Rock’ Be Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Apprentice’? 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z He was dismissed as a fabulist in a congressional report in the 1990s, and the extent of his ties to the junta in Myanmar is unclear. Chevron Lobbies to Head Off New Sanctions on Myanmar 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Harden describes him as a “conspiracy peddler, a publicity-savvy fabulist in the garb of a pioneer preacher.” How a journalist unraveled a gory founding myth of the Pacific Northwest 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z The same question emerges: why would evolution select for the creation of an inner fabulist to spin your own "1,001 Arabian Nights"? Is there a scientific case for literature? A neuroscientist novelist argues yes 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Cheever was a deliberate compulsive fabulist, i.e., a liar — and was charming. 'That was harsh': Philip Roth's biographer defends his book and his subject 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Like the best work of our modern satirists and fabulists, none of Navarro’s stories is particularly easy to read: minds fail, animals cannibalize, a woman locks a puppy in a ham-curing room. Review: Strong, tormented women broadcast nightmare visions from Spain 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump benefits from presidential immunity, but also he has an experienced fabulist’s sense of where the legal red lines are, something his allies often lack. The ‘Red Slime’ Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Oh, and he’s cruising toward four more years: All of those pollsters who predict otherwise are incompetent fabulists. Opinion | Donald Trump Is the Best Ever President in the History of the Cosmos 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Smith also made clear that his review of Farrow’s work did not find him to be a fabulist. Ronan Farrow: master of the exposé hit by surprise takedown from media rival 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Unlike Trump the fabulist, Cuomo the realist doesn’t shoot from the hip. Opinion | Let’s ‘Kick Coronavirus’s Ass’ 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z He has publicly and repeatedly shown that he is a malignant narcissist, a pathological liar and a delusional fabulist. Dr. Bandy Lee: Trump is spreading a "mental health pandemic" that's making coronavirus worse 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z The Late Wedding Christopher Chen’s theatrical exploration, inspired by Italian fabulist Italo Calvino, of the rituals of love and marriage. Theater in L.A. this week: 'A Bronx Tale,' 'Hamilton,' 'Orphée' and more 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z Trump tried to make federal agencies complicit on his fabulist hogwash about the size of his inaugural crowd and the path of Hurricane Dorian. Opinion | Trump Makes Us Ill 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z His thematic and technical range may be as wide as his interests, swinging from the fabulist to the naturalistic and back again. Review: William Vollmann returns to the Tenderloin with another uncut gem 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z This fabulist understanding of politics is harmful inasmuch as it masks the real social effects of the policy agendas pushed by left versus right. Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman is here to fight the undead 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z After the killing, lawyers for the Yuan family said Mr. Zhao was a fabulist and motivated by revenge. Chinese Immigrant Evades Murder Verdict in Killing of Wealthy Relative in Canada 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z This shifts the burden of proof squarely back onto the president’s fabulist shoulders. Opinion | The impeachment of the president 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Those not in Trump’s political cult mock and deride such fabulist, absurd and implausible depictions of a 73-year-old man who is clearly in questionable health. After impeachment, Trump wins again — unless Democrats can tell a better story 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Joyce Carol Oates, reviewing it in the Times, said, “Here, in addition to O’Brien’s celebrated gifts of lyricism and mimetic precision, is a new, unsettling fabulist vision that suggests Kafka more than Joyce.” Edna O’Brien Is Still Writing About Women on the Run 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z “It’s raining 300 days of the year. Those kinds of conditions make for an island full of fabulists.” Irish writer Kevin Barry tries 'to hear the music' of a good tale 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z That brings me to philosophical fabulist Jorge Luis Borges. Pluralism: Beyond the One and Only Truth 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z If you haven’t read him before, this is a good book to start with - it’s fabulist and funny while revealing an awful lot about the world we live in today. Rushdie creates modern Don Quixote for tale of love, family 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z He faces swift assumptions and fabulist headlines, and even the legal system designed to protect his rights succumbs to its own imperfections and inconsistencies. Malin Persson Giolito looks for elusive justice in thriller ‘Beyond All Reasonable Doubt’ 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z It is a whole-cloth fabrication by the most ambitious fabulist in presidential history. Opinion | Trump isn’t just speaking lies. He’s inviting loyalists to live in his own political reality. 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Other historians labeled him an opportunist, a fabulist, a “Mad Englishman.” One of D-Day’s most famous, heroic assaults may have been unnecessary 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Each fiction feels like an experiment in reality rather than a fabulist flight from it. T.C. Boyle’s new novel takes a trip with LSD evangelist Timothy Leary 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The businessman-turned-reality-TV-star-turned-politician inhabited multiple personas in the space of a single speech — often intertwined and at a dizzying clip — from entertainer to fighter, from fabulist to bully. The 10 personas of Donald Trump in a single speech 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z In one panel painting, a proud farmer with a pitchfork nods to rural fabulist Grant Wood. Review: Charles White show at LACMA pinpoints the power of an underappreciated black artist 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z As another fabulist showed us again this year, the stakes are too high and perils too present for lax public hygiene in our trade. Best of Journalism 2018 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z But, Orlean says, Lummis “was a bit of a fabulist, and he would tell stories that his friends didn't always believe.” Susan Orlean loves the library - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The anonymous account is a notorious fabulist with an ideological axe to grind, a coterie of personally abusive followers, and a deep hostility to good faith debate. The Intellectual Dark Web conservatives fear 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z “You are a fabulist, a liar, and a parasite!” How a Notorious Gangster Was Exposed by His Own Sister 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z It was obvious from the beginning that Donald Trump was a fabulist and a liar, and there seemed to be a shocking willingness among many Americans to roll with his alternate version of reality. Donald Trump’s unreality campaign in overdrive: If Democrats win in November — it’s the Rus... 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z They were aware that Hitler’s propaganda was fabulist — stitched from a cloth of lies — and yet, millions of Germans who heard his rants came away feeling that he was their authentic voice. Review | How a hypernationalist, crafty liar exploited political divisions in 1930s Germany 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z With a fabulist’s flair, Mr French supplies whatever details were withheld by the archives he has ransacked. A gripping tale of Sodom sliding towards its bloody end 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Those who get too caught up in the human narrative, however, are in danger of missing the larger fabulist elements. Richard Powers: ‘It was like a religious conversion. I realised the natural world isn’t ours’ 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z As for Nancy herself, she’s the most wishy-washy of fabulists, looking blank and uncertain as she steps into Leo and Ellen’s beautiful home, full of books and food and love. Andrea Riseborough brings complexity to an emotional void in the melancholic 'Nancy' 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The 92-year-old Romanian conceptualist’s first show in Los Angeles consists of more than 50 works drawn from throughout different periods of her career — all inspired by the Greek fabulist Aesop. Datebook: Videos of the female figure, an autobiographical exhibit and paintings of immigrant terrains 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z These barflies are fabulists spinning tall tales about their own lives. A revelatory Denzel Washington in 'The Iceman Cometh' 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z There he reportedly met with Michael Ellis, the man who had once been sent to find Nunes’s fabulist drone pilot in Germany and who was now working for Trump’s N.S.C. How Devin Nunes Turned the House Intelligence Committee Inside Out 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z But in blurring the difference between the world he contrives and our own, he exposes his limited understanding of American culture and undermines his unique strengths as a fiendish comic fabulist. Why 'Three Billboards' and 'Call Me by Your Name' leave this theater critic cold 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z If journalists are documenting his falsehoods, they themselves must be fabulists. The master of psychological projection toys with ‘treasonous’ 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z If it were just the president trying to sell the country on this photonegative version of reality, it would be unsurprising, since he is both a fabulist and a master of projection. Opinion | The Republicans’ Fantasy Investigation 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z And Reich is sometimes criticized as a fabulist. When Robert Reich blasts Wall Street, big business or Trump, 2 million Facebook followers listen 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z And Mr. Reich is sometimes criticized as a fabulist. Robert Reich, a Multiplatform Gadfly, Comes to Netflix 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Amaworo Wilson, who the judges said created a “fabulist and gritty dystopia that is nearly allegorical in its portrayal of the dispossessed.” ‘The Underground Railroad’ by Colson Whitehead wins 2017 Hurston/Wright award for fiction 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z The GOP is working to discredit Comey, casting him as a serial fabulist. All Eyes on Comey 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z But Trump seems to need perpetual outside approval to stabilize his sense of self, so he is perpetually desperate for approval, telling heroic fabulist tales about himself. A dangerous man-baby on the loose 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z These are unlikely but true, twistily manipulative stories that follow adventurers, con artists, pseudoscientists and fabulists, generally consumed by some kind of obsession The monomania of a Grann character is often contagious. With 'Lost City of Z' and 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' David Grann is a hot literary property 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Trump is far from a populist; he’s a fabulist, selling the working-class Americans who voted for him a bill of goods. Let's be honest: Trump's taxes are not a top concern for most Americans | Douglas Williams 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z As a businessman, Donald J. Trump was a serial fabulist whose biggest-best boasts about everything he touched routinely crumbled under the slightest scrutiny. ‘Up Is Down’: Trump’s Unreality Show Echoes His Business Past 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Winterson is in better fabulist form with “The Lion, the Unicorn and Me,” re-imagining the story of the Nativity from the point of view of the donkey that Mary rode into Bethlehem. Jeanette Winterson’s ‘Christmas Days’: spirits of the season 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Not only is Trump a born fabulist, but it seems that the economic advisors who write his speeches also are. The Arithmetic in Donald Trump’s Jobs Plan Doesn’t Really Work 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z In the hopes of expanding everyone’s vocabulary, based on what we know, the word to describe Lochte is fabulist, someone who makes things up. Olympic buzz: What is it with these swimmers? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z In recent months, he has been called upon to defend Trump’s fabulist allegation that Barack Obama founded ISIS and Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns. The Appalling Last Act of Rudy Giuliani 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Just the facts, ma'am, is a method that worked in the old days, but Trump is something of a fabulist, when he's not telling audiences all about his poll numbers. America, Out to Sea 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Aesop, an ancient Greek fabulist, “has some credibility,” Mr. Brown said. California Today: Airbnb, a Hometown Success (and Villain) 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z And picking a side between a bombastic fabulist such as Trump and one of the most respected editors in the country, Martin Baron, shouldn’t cut any fresh furrows in anyone’s brow. Trump demonizes the media, again 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z His outlandish stories about secret agents and a network of hackers opposed to tax evasion seem like the fantasies of a paranoiac or the ramblings of a fabulist. The Great Swiss Bank Heist 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It’s a fair card to play, if only the presumptive Republican nominee weren’t himself a serial fabulist, an incorrigible self-mythologizer, a brash vulgarian, and, when it comes to his tax returns, a determined obfuscator. Hillary: The Conservative Hope 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z I’ve called him, at various points, a modern-day McCarthy and a prolific fabulist who isn’t above using an anti-Semitic dog whistle when he condemns “New York values.” Many Democrats want to face Trump in November. They’re wrong. 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Amaral, assailed by leaders across the spectrum as a fabulist, smiled through interviews like a Cheshire cat. Insider’s Account of How Graft Fed Brazil’s Political Crisis 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The first gambit, of course, is simply denying that anything happened and painting the accuser as a fabulist. Trump’s disturbing defense: His excuses for Corey Lewandowski sound eerily similar to ones sexists make for rapists 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z And even then, serious fabulist that he was, Richard Fariña had thrown doubt into the minds of his friends, even as they knew it must be true, that he had died at all. Richard Fariña: lost genius who bridged the gap between beats and hippies 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z First, there was a statement Thursday saying that Fields' account was "entirely false" and going on to attack her as a serial fabulist. Misogynistic Thuggery 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Federal officials call him a “career fabulist,” working on his next scheme even as the previous one unraveled. Man Convicted of Fraud Scheme Gets Prison Sentence 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The unlikable Carly Fiorina is also a fabulist who has no business running for president, so call them even in coming in dead last. Choosing the Least-Bad to Combat the Very Worst 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z But the more fundamental question — the scarier question — about Carson isn’t whether the retired neurosurgeon is a fabulist, and therefore whether he has the right character to be president. Carson’s real scandal is his ignorance 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Alternate Punch Lines: ‘A Good Start,’ ‘Skid Marks’ Stephen Glass, the infamous fabulist who worked for the New Republic back in the late 1990s, is back in the news. Thy Neighbor’s Cash 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z But Fiorina’s biggest selling point – that clipped, efficient competency – undermines her stints at being a fabulist. Carly Fiorina can't win, but she can help the men of the party hurt Clinton | Jeb Lund 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton hopes the endless stories about her private email server—and her endless, fabulist explanations—will make your head hurt, make your eyes cross, make you give up trying to figure it out. A Clinton Email Scandal Checklist 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Once upon a time, the most outlandish fantasies of fringe political fabulists were confined to a narrow spectrum on the AM radio dial. 7 outrageously bizarre conspiracies the GOP actually believes 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z An adjusted version of the advice for higher-salary fabulists applies here — but it may be that your real challenge lies elsewhere. When a High Salary Is a Hurdle 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z He described her as “a really expert fabulist storyteller” who managed to manipulate the magazine’s journalism process. Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner is in complete denial 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z He described her as “a really expert fabulist storyteller” who managed to manipulate the magazine’s editorial process. Rolling Stone Retracts Article on Rape at University of Virginia 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Vinik shows his hand — as a fabulist, not a journalist — in his final paragraph. Rand Paul Draws Liberal Fire As The American Left Discovers Its Inner Love Of The Fed, Part Two 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Oh, and an incredible liar, a valor thief, a fabulist. JOSPEH CURL: Forget Brian Williams, it’s Hillary Clinton’s lie that matters 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z We are all fabulists, and we must all get used to it. Why Our Memory Fails Us 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Told and retold since time immemorial — by fabulists from Shakespeare to Bertolt Brecht — the story of Joan of Arc shows no sign of loosening its grip on our imaginations. Book review: ‘Joan of Arc,’ by Kathryn Harrison Mr. Gupta’s lawyers, portraying Mr. Rajaratnam as a braggart, argued that the tapes amounted to “the self-serving hearsay of a known fabulist.” DealBook: Court Rejects Rajat Gupta’s Appeal 2014-03-25T18:35:29Z And investigators said he was no fabulist seeking dark glory with exaggerated accounts of his exploits. Serial Killer Israel Keyes Ends Half-Told Tale of His Crimes With Suicide 2012-12-08T01:26:33Z The fabulists died off without telling them that it was all made up. Imaginary Presidents and Imaginary Gods: The Real "Empty Chair" Effect 2012-09-04T18:15:12.067Z Their adventures are related with the charming daintiness wherein French fabulists, from Perrault downwards, have excelled; and the book is a decided acquisition to the store of fairy literature in which all children delight. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The great German fabulist, Pfeffel, a blind man, once took Billing's arm and went with him into the garden to take an airing. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Cocteau was a supreme fabulist, but he understood the need to anchor his magic in realism. Cocteau’s ‘Orpheus’ Breaks Mirrors, Draws Autograph Hounds: DVD 2011-12-29T08:34:38Z Go just one or two centuries back and almost any complex technology we accept as routine today — the Internet, air travel, probes to the outer planets, flat-screen TV — was also the stuff of fabulists. Google X's Space Elevator: Why It Will Never Happen 2011-11-21T10:00:00Z But the prosecution argued that Ms. Sheehan was a manipulative fabulist who had killed her husband to escape a sexless and dysfunctional marriage and then claimed she was abused to escape prison. Barbara Sheehan Is Jailed After Weapons Conviction 2011-10-12T17:17:31Z In Spanish, Yriarte’s fables on literary subjects are sprightly and graceful, but the critic is more than the fabulist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Of all fabulists, ancient and modern, does any one, even the ingenious, the pure, the elegant Phædrus, approach our La Fontaine? Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z “The Mogul’s Dream” is a somewhat ambitious flight of the fabulist’s muse. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Indeed, proponents of the act maintain that the yarns spun by war fabulists almost always lead to monetary gain or acclaim. Fighting for the Right to Lie About Military Service 2011-05-20T15:11:05Z The first place, however, amongst modern fabulists belongs to the French writer La Fontaine. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z He asks a sage whether a fabulist writing after La Fontaine would not be wise to consign his work to the flames. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Facebook Archilochus, the Greek fabulist, once said, "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." Handicapping Apple, Facebook And Google 2010-06-24T10:00:00Z China even occupies valuable real estate in the imaginations of our fabulists. Forget China; Turkey is the next superpower 2010-06-14T17:40:00Z The laborious ant has not escaped the notice of the moralist, fabulist, and adage-employer. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources The swarthy little fabulist rose hastily to his feet, making a quick survey of the southpaw. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager The fables of Lessing represent the reaction against the French school of fabulists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The Continental fabulist felt that he could do nothing without this motive of action. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race An Italian fabulist, Corti, is said to have developed an apologue of “The Talking Animals” to the bulk of twenty-six cantos. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" His lack of dramatic instinct could hardly be better indicated than by the scheme of his �sope, which allows the fabulist to come on the stage in each scene and recite a fable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" But in none of them does one find the complete Anatole France, ironist, fabulist, critic, theologian, artist, connoisseur, politician, philosopher, and creator of character. The Book of This and That The fabulist who writes of Britannicus and Nero appeals to the few who know Roman history. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The different heroes and companions that compose Arthur's army are minutely described, with all the brilliant colour and delicate detail so beloved by the Celtic fabulist. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race She was certain some primitive fabulist had foreseen this complication, but her mind was weary and shadowed, and the historic solution evaded her. Ewing\\'s Lady Theban Bacchus, to whom the Greek fabulists ascribed the Indian expedition of Sesostris, king of Egypt. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem "Tell us, tell us! delightful fabulist! valued anecdotist!" cried the friends. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II We miss the incredible element, the point of audacity with which the fabulist was wont to mock at his readers. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Let us now turn to the really ancient work, which is not philosophic, but creative and imaginative, produced by British bards and fabulists of the Middle Ages. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race There is an old-fashioned distinction," he says, "between the novel of character and the novel of incident which must have cost many a smile to the intending fabulist who was keen about his work.... Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews One day, the master of Lukman, an Eastern fabulist, said to him, “Go into such a field, and sow barley.” Sowing and Reaping "Ah, I see," said the fabulist with a wink aside for Jeff's benefit. Sundry Accounts But the fabulist now seeks analogies where 173 before he merely sought humorous situations. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers The word is derived by the early fabulists from gréable, something pleasant to possess and enjoy, and out of which one could have à son gré, whatever he chose of good things. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The tale is valuable as a picture of Celtic saintdom; no monkish fabulists would have told such stories of Latin saints. The Cornwall Coast The born poet still talks that way, he is naturally a fabulist and cannot help himself. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary No modern fabulist has duplicated in his field the success of Hans Christian Andersen in the field of the nursery story. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes But the problem is older than the imagination of any fabulist, and as new as the newest day in the world. The Justice of the King "The Mogul's Dream" is a somewhat ambitious flight of the fabulist's muse. Classic French Course in English Any one who remembers the infinite variety of La Fontaine will feel that Gay the fabulist is a writer whose work the world has let die very willingly indeed. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation Henryson takes his time; he observes animals and nature, and departs as much as possible from the epigrammatic form common to most fabulists. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance And from whence did the Arabian fabulists borrow it? Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The Aesop prawn, by the way, gained the prefix to his name from having a hump on his back like the Phrygian slave, the fabulist. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel I had just spoken of Gay the fabulist. She and I, Volume 1 Gay the fabulist is only interesting in a certain sense and to a small extent. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation But his real sphere was that of fabulist. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections The story is of particular interest because Mr. O'Brien's reputation as an artist has been based solely upon his work as a satirist and Irish fabulist. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The great fabulist no more invented it than Lord Bacon invented inductive reasoning. Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy So speaks my friend in the expressive Provençal idiom, rehabilitating the creature so libelled by the fabulist. Social Life in the Insect World Hence Æsop's fables are spoken of by Aristophanes as something laughable, and the fabulist came to be regarded as a humorist. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour To this same critic we owe the suggestion, that the name of the fabulist Æsop is derived from Solomon's "hyssop that springeth out of the wall," 1 Kings iv. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Again, a somewhat similar notion occurs in Lucian's Traveller's Tale, which was much more likely to be known to the Irish fabulist. Brendan's Fabulous Voyage A Lecture delivered on January 19, 1893, before the Scottish Society of Literature and Art Such are some of the apocryphal sayings and doings of Esop the fabulist—the manner of his death being the only circumstance for which there is any authority. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers The truth rejects what the fabulist tells us as an absurd invention. Social Life in the Insect World La Fontaine, the fabulist, was buried by the side of Moliere, who died long before him. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business From an Arabic translation, these passed into European languages and were used by La Fontaine, the French fabulist. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson You will not forget the words of our great fabulist: "What the enemy advises is surely bad." Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy LA FONTAINE, unrivalled humorist as a fabulist, found his opera hissed, and his romance utterly tedious. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions But La Fontaine, in this abbreviated history, is only the echo of another fabulist. Social Life in the Insect World In 1664 La Fontaine published his first collection of fables, and it gave him immediately the very highest rank as a fabulist. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business It presents only those of which the great fabulist was himself the originator. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney The real crime of the fabulists lies in this, that their tainted testimony constituted for honest Englishmen the only information about Ireland easily obtainable. The Open Secret of Ireland The following, I think, are passages which were very unlikely to have presented themselves to the mind of a forger or a fabulist. Evidence of Christianity Less excusably than La Fontaine, the Greek fabulist wrote of the Cigale of the books, instead of interrogating the living Cigale, whose cymbals were resounding on every side; careless of the real, he followed tradition. Social Life in the Insect World The fabulist and his wife were so extravagant and careless in their habits, that in a very short time the property of La Fontaine was wasted away. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business Old Juvenal calls the Greeks a mendacious set of fabulists, for recording that Xerxes made a canal through the isthmus to the north of Mount Athos. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 We have no fabulist like La Fontaine, no song-writer equal to Béranger; but then we do not think of citing our fables and songs as the highest examples of English humor. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 A forger or a fabulist would have made for Christ, discourses exhorting to virtue and dissuading from vice in general terms. Evidence of Christianity And, now we come to La Fontaine the French fabulist, who in 1668 published the first six books of his fables. The Talking Beasts La Fontaine was unquestionably the greatest fabulist of his or any other time, and he has been exceedingly popular throughout France. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business It abounds in the work of the fabulists, the chroniclers, the romancists. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations They asked Lucman, the fabulist, "From whom did you learn manners?" The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Until the time of Richard Bentley he was commonly thought of merely as a fabulist whose remains had been preserved by a few grammarians. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 It is known our fabulist was classically educated. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull Like the French fabulist, La Fontaine, he was a child all his life, and often a spoiled child; yet he joined to childlike simplicity no small share of worldly wisdom. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 With the old fabulists the moral was the excuse for the fable; with La Fontaine it was the other way round. Landmarks in French Literature To something like this simplicity the rôle of women in love is reduced by those Boccaccian fabulists who adorn the village taproom and the corner grocery. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) It is very singular, that England appears to have had fabulists during the ages of ignorance, whilst Athens and Rome possessed theirs only amidst the most refined periods of their literature. The Lay of Marie They said and did a good deal more before the opossum withdrew his cold and barren member from consideration; but the judicious fabulist does not encumber his tale with extraneous matter, lest it be pointless. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull It is to our advantage, indeed, to realise the distinction; because it makes Aesop more obviously effective than any other fabulist. Aesop's Fables; a new translation We miss the incredible element, the point of audacity with which the fabulist was wont to mock at his readers. Lay Morals The syllogism has produced all the evils which the fabulist so eloquently condemned, and has done nothing good or useful: it is as devoid of truth as of justice. What is Property? So the English version that she had before her, was not a true and complete translation of that fabulist, but a compilation from different authors, in which some of his fables had been inserted. The Lay of Marie This was a noble effort to do honor to the great fabulist, and was the most perfect collection of Aesopian fables ever yet published. Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend But if this be the fabulist and editor of the World, it can scarcely have been received from the writer, since, in 1796, Moore had been dead for nearly forty years. De Libris: Prose and Verse But the fabulist now seeks analogies where before he merely sought humorous situations. Lay Morals In narrating the story of Ruth and Naomi to children they invariably ask questions of interest, to which the sacred fabulist gives no answer. The Woman's Bible This proverbial expression very clearly shews that the writings of the Greek fabulist, or at least of those who had followed him, were known to the Normans from the eleventh century. The Lay of Marie None of the stories are precisely those of Aesop, and none have the concinnity, terseness, and unmistakable deduction of the lesson intended to be taught by the fable, so conspicuous in the great Greek fabulist. Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend Thus, half-an-hour's drive from our village still stands the château and birthplace of Florian, the Pollux of fabulists, La Fontaine being the Castor, no other stars of similar magnitude shining in their especial arc. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Will-culture is intensive, not extensive, and the writer knows a case in which even a vacation ramble with a moralizing fabulist has undermined the work of years. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene According to the sacred fabulist, Joshua surpassed Moses in the wonders which he performed. The Woman's Bible One of the persons whom Rochefoucauld patronised and protected, was the great French fabulist, La Fontaine. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims The true fabulist, therefore, discharges a most important function. Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend Hardly is it permissible to cite the didactic Oppian, with his poem on sin, and the fabulist Babrius, imitator of Aesop in his fables. Initiation into Literature They considered him merely as an ingenious fabulist, to whom, at a later period, nearly all fables, that were invented or derived from any other source, were attributed. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities His love of condensation is natural, for a fabulist should be short, trenchant, and almost proverbial in his style; but Phaedrus carries these to the point of obscurity and enigma. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius I might, without being thought very romantic, have imagined myself in the city of petrified people, which Arabian fabulists are so fond of describing. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents The fabulist is to create a laugh, but yet, under a merry guise, to convey instruction. Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend Motte, as celebrated in his own time as he is forgotten in ours, was lyricist, fabulist, dramatic orator, epical even after a certain fashion. Initiation into Literature The fabulist had not in him sufficient hypocrisy of which to manufacture the commonplace politeness of society. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes There is often allegory, but it is usually contributed by modern interpreters, and would sometimes greatly astound the original fabulists. Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic Poor Moore, the fabulist, was one of the company. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes Such guesses remind one of a fabulist's imaginary council of animals assembled to consider what sort of creature had constructed a honeycomb found and much tasted by Bruin and other epicures. Impressions of Theophrastus Such The story, too, was a weapon of attack and defense for this master fabulist. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters I leave the fabulists and the political economists to settle the question between them.--Translator. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes The words of the great French fabulist will never cease to be true: Man is ice to truth; But fire to lies. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Ought not that to be enough, if the fabulist is serious? In Defence of Harriet Shelley That great fabulist and philosopher Aesop illustrated it by his fable of the bundle of sticks; and he whose wisdom surpasses that of all philosophers has declared that "a house divided against itself cannot stand." The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 The fabulists were right, he reflected, when they took beasts to illustrate their tractates of human morality. Crome Yellow The absent-mindedness of our fabulist not unfrequently created much amusement on these occasions, and made him the object of mirthful conspiracies. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes For other moods there are the fabulists; to tell truth, they commonly hold the place of honour in these varied lists. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft The fabulist finds fault with the statement because it has a technical error in it; and he does this at the moment that he is furnishing us an error himself, and of a graver sort. In Defence of Harriet Shelley So strong was this preference, that Ogilby, the Scotch fabulist, who had written a collection of fables in English verse, reduced them to prose on the occasion of publishing a more splendid edition in 1668. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes His subjects, too, in the second part, are frequently derived from the Indian fabulists, and bring with them the richness and dramatic interest of the Hitopadesa. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes This is Babrias, the Greek fabulist, to whom La Fontaine gives the older form of his name. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Forty years have elapsed since those remarks were penned, yet translations into English of the complete Fables of the chief among modern fabulists are almost as few in number as they were then. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes To these, then, I address myself, in the hope that some account of this romantic historical fable and the fabulist's manner of constructing and adorning it may interest them. In Defence of Harriet Shelley By her death, in 1693, our fabulist was left without a home; but his many friends vied with each other which should next furnish one. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes La Fontaine exalts his muse as a fabulist. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Connected with the duke was Madame La Fayette, one of the most learned and ingenious women of her age, who consequently became the admirer and friend of the fabulist. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes The fabulist says: "It was the entrance into a world more amiable and exquisite than he had yet known." In Defence of Harriet Shelley Still, the fabulist thinks it a good idea to do that. In Defence of Harriet Shelley We have to fall back upon conjecture, as our fabulist does when he has nothing more substantial to work with. In Defence of Harriet Shelley |
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