Gargantua and Pantagruel
First published in four volumes between 1532 and 1552, Rabelais' comic masterpiece chronicles the adventures of a giant, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel. More than four centuries later, the terms gargantuan and Rabelaisian are synonymous with earthy humor, a surfeit of good food and drink, and pleasures of the flesh. This series of exaggerated fables was condemned upon its initial publication by the censors of the Collège de la Sorbonne. But beneath their bawdy, often scatological wit, the tales bear a deeper significance as the author's defense of daring and groundbreaking ideas. Using his ribald humor, Rabelais addresses timeless issues…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-486-80833-8
- EAN: 9780486808338
- Produktnummer: 20375308
- Verlag: Dover Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 816 S.
- Masse: H14.4 cm x B21.0 cm x D5.2 cm 560 g
- Gewicht: 560
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
François Rabelais (c.1494-1553) briefly studied law before joining the priesthood. He left the Church to study and practice medicine, and his comic masterpiece, Gargantua and Pantagruel, secured his place as France's first great prose author.
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