These bawdy and boisterous tales, with their fixation on food and faeces, are not just entertaining yarns, as Francois Rabelais parodies medieval learning, lambasts the established church authority and develops his own ideal visions for the ordering of society.
Presents the moral stories of Rabelais that expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque fantasy.
XVIème siècle. Fils de Gargantua, Pantagruel est un géant qui, bébé, réduit son berceau en miettes, mange le jarret de sa nourrice et étrangle des ours à mains nues.Adolescent, il décide de... Læs mere
Originally published in 1920, this book contains a selection of passages from Rabelais. Detailed notes and a biography of Rabelais are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Rabelais and French Renaissance literature.
Ce livre réunit les deux contes philosophiques les plus connus de Rabelais : Pantagruel, ainsi que sa suite Gargantua. Pantagruel, fils de Gargantua, est un géant qui, lorsqu'il... Læs mere