Gargantua by Francois Rabelais

Gargantua by Francois Rabelais

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Gargantua by Francois Rabelais

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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ISBN 13 9781843910572
ISBN 10 1843910578
Title Gargantua
Author Francois Rabelais
Series Hesperus Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hesperus Press Ltd
Year published 2003-10-31
Number of pages 112
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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