Le Meunier, son Fils et l'Ane

Title

en_US Le Meunier, son Fils et l'Ane

en_US Éditions du chat perché: clair de lune

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Bourre, Martine

Date

2017-05-15T20:33:58Z

en_US 2016-09

en_US 1978

Date Available

2017-05-15T20:33:58Z

Date Issued

en_US 1978

Abstract

en_US I am coming to enjoy more La Fontaine's version of this tale, which has often seemed to me less well strategized than more traditional versions. Those version put the carrying of the ass -- the most ridiculous phase -- last. La Fontaine puts it first. Maybe his idea is that this approach is the miller's most creative, and it gets shot down immediately by others. That is, after all, La Fontaine's point: whatever you do, people will talk! This version omits the prologue and epilogue that set the fable up as Malherbe's wise answer to the young Racan's question "What shall I decide to do?" This little book of 21 pages has an illustration for every page. The son has to help the bulky father get up onto the ass when it is his turn. The ass pays attention on 18 to a passing butterfly. The last two pages present one peaceful rural picture of miller, ass, and son walking at their ease.

Identifier

en_US 11148 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/112991

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Flammarion

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.L3Meu 1978 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole