A Companion to François Rabelais
Title | A Companion to François Rabelais PDF eBook |
Author | Bernd Renner |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 639 |
Release | 2021-08-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9004460233 |
Twenty-two eminent scholars of Early Modernity offer a thorough examination of the art and the main themes of François Rabelais’s work in the larger context of European humanism.
The Complete Works of Francois Rabelais
Title | The Complete Works of Francois Rabelais PDF eBook |
Author | François Rabelais |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 1162 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780520064010 |
Presents the complete works of French writer Francois Rabelais.
The Works of François Rabelais
Title | The Works of François Rabelais PDF eBook |
Author | François Rabelais |
Publisher | |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Cambridge Companion to Rabelais
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Rabelais PDF eBook |
Author | John O'Brien |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 052186786X |
An accessible, readable account of Rabelais, his work, his thought and his world.
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Title | Gargantua and Pantagruel PDF eBook |
Author | François Rabelais |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 644 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780393308068 |
"The dazzling and exuberant comic 'Chronicles' of Rabelais (c. 1483-1552) are a feast of wisdom and laughter. Realism intertwines with carnivalesque fantasy, Renaissance learning with obscene humour to make readers look at the world afresh. Pantagruel, a tale of comic chivalry, satirizes lawyers, theologians and academic buffoons, while Gargantua mocks rash generals, idiotic monarchs and uncouth professors. It champions freedom and laughs at a dirty young giant before he turns into a splendid prince. Sequels lead into more complex and daring laughter and high mythology, often at the expense of Panurge - the mad, word-spinning companion of Pantagruel (who becomes a giant in wisdom, a Renaissance Socrates)." "M. A. Screech's translation captures Rabelais' ingenious wordplay and mastery of language. The introduction explores his individuality while comparing him to Shakespeare, and presents each book to open up the new horizons of Renaissance Europe. This edition also includes a chronology and notes."--BOOK JACKET.
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Title | Gargantua and Pantagruel PDF eBook |
Author | Francois Rabelais |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 1088 |
Release | 2006-10-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0141935782 |
The dazzling and exuberant moral stories of Rabelais (c. 1471-1553) expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque fantasy to make us look afresh at the world. Gargantua depicts a young giant, reduced to laughable insanity by an education at the hands of paternal ignorance, old crones and syphilitic professors, who is rescued and turned into a cultured Christian knight. And in Pantagruel and its three sequels, Rabelais parodied tall tales of chivalry and satirized the law, theology and academia to portray the bookish son of Gargantua who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided in his wisdom, and his idiotic, self-loving companion Panurge.
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Title | Gargantua and Pantagruel PDF eBook |
Author | François Rabelais |
Publisher | ReadHowYouWant.com |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2006-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 142504431X |
Consisting of five books, this masterpiece is Rabelais' magnum opus. It chronicles different events in the life of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. Using his learned wit and biting satire as a facade, Rabelais discusses several serious issues. The apparent humour and brilliant use of language offers pure reading pleasure. Entertaining and profound!