Actually, donkey-skin is also correct. Charles Perrault's 1697 "Tales
of Past Times, with Morals," soon re-titled "Mother Goose Tales,"
includes "Donkey-Skin." "All-Kinds-of-Fur" is the German version,
collected by the brothers Grimm a century or so later.
Appropriately enough, "Donkey-Skin" (tr. Jack Zipes, in The
Longman Anthology of World Literature, vol E: The Nineteenth Century)
ends with this moral: "Finally, we must take into account that clear
water and brown bread are sufficient nourishment for all young women
provided that they have beautiful clothes...."
BUT the peau-d'âne is NOT the beautiful clothes Perrault's
referring to, of course!
Just taught a folk-tale unit in my World Lit course last week!
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
--this class was up near you, Ann, I think--at CCSU in New Britain?
On Mar 12, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Sharon Collier wrote:
Coat of a thousand different skins, or (other version) coat of
every kind of
animal in the kingdom. For a cute retelling of the tale, try the
children's
book, "Princess Furball"
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 5:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] peau d'ange
Peau d'ane--didn't an most unfortunate princess wear a
donkeyskin?
Ann in CT
--- Lauren Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh, my god, of course, "peau d'ange" -- angelskin.
One of the
decorator remnant stores has a "peau d'ane" which
has been driving me
crazy because "ane" is "donkey", and, er, what kind
of silk would
remind you of donkey skin? But it's probably a typo
or a mis-hearing
of peau d'ange!
Lauren M. Walker
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