Gargantua and Pantagruel
This text parodies everyone from eminent classical authors and schoolmen to Rabelais's own acquaintances. But the brilliance of the book lies not merely in these learned references, but in the story into which they are woven.
This text parodies everyone from eminent classical authors and schoolmen to Rabelais's own acquaintances. But the brilliance of the book lies not merely in these learned references, but in the story into which they are woven.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140440478 (014044047X)
Publish date: June 30th 1974
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 712
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Medieval,
France,
French Literature,
16th Century
Series: Gargantua and Pantagruel -5 (#1)
This is easily the best book that I have read all year and a neglected masterpiece. I have had Gargantua and Pantagruel sitting on my shelf for probably at least a decade before taking it down and reading it at a whim. I did not know what to expect, but I found a book unlike almost any other. The...
Once upon a time, I was reading books on a list of "100 Significant Books" in Good Reading to make sure my mind didn't turn to mush. I was surprised to find I honestly adored just about everything on the list--until I came to number 25, Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel. Reader, I hated it. Its au...
I didn't like it; in fact I can't remember how many times I picked this up only to put it down after a few pages and then wander off to do something else.I enjoyed Gargantua, Book 1. It took me a bit to warm up to Rabelais, but by the end I was surprised how engrossed I was in the squabbling French ...
Dramatised by Lavinia Murray. (bride of flister Michael)Rabelais...David Troughton Gargantua..Robert Wilfort Grangousier..Eric Potts Gargamelle..Melissa Jane Sinden Holofornes/Friar Jean..Jonathan Keeble Panochrates..Malcolm Raeburn Eudomon/Sun..Kathryn HuntProducer Gary Brownblurb - This tale is a ...
It gets old after awhile. At first, it’s funny. Funny in the way that a book about codpieces, cuckoldry and urine floods is nestled into Encyclopedia Britannica’s Great Books of the Western World list. Rabelais’ is a master of the outrageous even by modern standards. The stories of Gargantua, t...
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