The Complete Works of Francois Rabelais
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The Complete Works of Francois Rabelais by Franois Rabelais
Rip-roaring and rib-tickling, Francois Rabelais' irreverent story of the giant Gargantua, his giant son Pantagruel, and their companion Panurge is a classic of the written word. This translation, annotated for the nonspecialist, brings to twentieth-century English all the exuberance and invention of the original sixteenth-century French.
"What Rabelais rubs our noses in is not dirt but the remarkable fact that man is a kind of sewer with a holy spirit hovering over it[His work] stands, along with Montaigne, Machiavelli, Hamlet, Don Quixote and perhaps Goethe's Faust, as a signpost of the European culture to which we are all to give allegiance. . . . Frame's translation is worth having." -- Anthony Burgess, * Times Literary Supplement (TLS) *
Francois Rabelais is known through his work more than through the details of his life, which are scanty. Born in the late fifteenth century, he first chose the monastic life, then left to become a lay priest and make a career as a physician, teacher, and writer. Donald M. Frame, (1911-1991) was Professor of French at Columbia University, and a renowned translator of, and expert on, Montaigne and Moliere as well as Rabelais. Raymond C. La Charite is Professor of French at the University of Kentucky and editor of French Forum and French Forum Monographs.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520064010 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520064011 |
| Title | The Complete Works of Francois Rabelais |
| Author | Franois Rabelais |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1999-12-08 |
| Number of pages | 1114 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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