Gargantua and Pantagruel Rabelais Francois
Gargantua and Pantagruel Rabelais Francois First published in four volumes between 1532 and 1552, Rabelais' comic masterpiece chronicles the adventures of a giant, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel.…
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Gargantua and Pantagruel Rabelais Francois
First published in four volumes between 1532 and 1552, Rabelais' comic masterpiece chronicles the adventures of a giant, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel. But beneath their bawdy, often scatological wit, the tales bear a deeper significance as the author's defense of daring and groundbreaking ideas. More than four centuries later, the terms gargantuan and Rabelaisian 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 Coll ge de la Sorbonne.
His parodies of classic authors as well as his own contemporaries offer a hilarious expos of human folly and an enduring satire of history, literature, religion, and culture. Using his ribald humor, Rabelais addresses timeless issues of education, politics, and philosophy. This edition features the