Gargantua
of François Rabelais, Andrew Brown (Translator), Paul Bailey (Foreword by)
Series: Gargantua and Pantagruel #2
Description
As a companion volume to Pantagruel, this new edition of Gargantua continues Rabelais’ acclaimed fantasy of a mythical family of giants. Gargantua introduces Pantagruel’s father—another wondrous giant. As he tells Gargantua’s life story from his birth and education to his later life, Rabelais uses the events of the giant’s life to parody medieval and classical learning, mock traditional ecclesiastical authority, and proffer his own thoughts on humanism and society. Marked with the same warm humor, obsession with food, and scatological wit of Pantagruel, Gargantua is a further striking burlesque on Rabelais’ contemporaries and a glorious outpouring of Renaissance plenitude.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176 pages
- Publisher Hesperus Press
- Publication Date November 1st 2003
- First Publication 10/30/34
- Language English
- ISBN 9781843910572
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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