Chanticleer and the Fox the question of its origin. It has also been asserted that the tale has developed out of the basic situation in Aesop's fable of The Fox and the Crow. Early examples of the story are pithily fabular but towards the middle of the 12th century it appears as an extended episode of the "Reynard cycle" under the title "How Renart captured Chanticleer the cock" ("Si comme Renart prist Chanticler le Coq"). The work of which it was part was immensely popular and spread widely in translation. The basic situation concerns the cock Chanticleer, who lives with his three wives in
The Escaped Cock This projected Lahr edition failed to appear and the first English edition was eventually published by Martin Secker in September 1931 as "The Man Who Died", a title never approved by the author. The work was illustrated with wood-engravings by John Farleigh. The story is a recasting of the resurrection of Christ narrated in the New Testament. The man who survives his crucifixion comes to celebrate his bodily existence and sensuality. Lawrence himself summarized "The Escaped Cock" in a letter to Brewster (May 3, 1927): Lawrence's handwritten manuscript for "The Escaped Cock" is part of the permanent collection at Salisbury