Gargantua and Pantagruel (eBook)

Francois Rabelais (Autor)

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2017
816 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82079-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Rabelais' bawdy 16th-century masterpiece, ostensibly the adventures of a giant and his son, satirizes Medieval and Renaissance ideology. Using his ribald humor, Rabelais addresses timeless issues of education, politics, and philosophy.

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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 "e;gargantuan"e; and "e;Rabelaisian"e; 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 of education, politics, and philosophy. His parodies of classic authors as well as his own contemporaries offer a hilarious exposé of human folly and an enduring satire of history, literature, religion, and culture. This edition features the classic translation by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Pierre le Motteux.

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.3.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Gewicht: 621 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Schlagworte: 16th century • Adventures • allegorical • Antihero • antireligion • bawdy • crude humor • Education • engaging • Enlightenment • exaggerated fables • Fables • Fantasy • Father and Son • Fiction • Folktales • foolishness • French • French Literature • French Renaissance writer • French Studies • Giants • Greek scholar • hilarious exposé of human folly • human foibles • human folly • Humanity • Humor • humorous • Legends • lively • lively, Gargantuan • Lust • medieval-renaissance stories • mockery • Mythology • myths and fables • Page Turner • parodies of classic authors • Parody • Philosophers • Pierre le Motteux • Politics • Rabelaisian • rabelaisian world • Realism • Religious • Renaissance • renaissance humanist • Satire • scatological • Sir Thomas Urquhart • stories of giants • timeless classics • Translation • Western Culture • wisdom • Worldview
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82079-3 / 0486820793
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82079-8 / 9780486820798