Rabelais Francois - Gargantua And Pantagruel - Paperback
Rabelais Francois - Gargantua And Pantagruel - Paperback
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Description: A masterly new translation of Rabelais's robust scatalogical comedy Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua's bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic self - loving companion Panurge.
Title: Gargantua And Pantagruel
Author(s): Rabelais Francois
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780140445503
Pages: 1088 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/1/2007
Category: Classic Fiction
Description: A masterly new translation of Rabelais's robust scatalogical comedy Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua's bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic self - loving companion Panurge.
Title: Gargantua And Pantagruel
Author(s): Rabelais Francois
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780140445503
Pages: 1088 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/1/2007
Category: Classic Fiction