SOURCE: "Medieval Beasts and Modern Cages: The Making of Meaning in Fables and Bestiaries," in PMLA, Vol. 97, No. 1, January 1982, pp. 40-49.
In the following essay, Henderson examines ways in which medieval fabulists freely modified Aesopic fables—sometimes adding elaborate morals to suit their needs—and looks critically at the rigidity of modern techniques for finding meaning in medieval works.
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