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Oeuvres Collationnées Sur les Éditions Originales, Accompagnées D'une Bibliographie et D'un Glossaire Par Louis Moland Nouv Éd Précédée D'une Noti

Oeuvres Collationnées Sur les Éditions Originales, Accompagnées D'une Bibliographie et D'un Glossaire Par Louis Moland Nouv Éd Précédée D'une Noti( )
Author: Rabelais, Francois
Moland, Louis
Clouzot, Henri
ISBN:978-1-172-37905-7
Publication Date:Sep 2010
Publisher:Creative Media Partners, LLC
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $40.75
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your...
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Pages:538
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.44 x 9.69 x 1.09 Inches
Book Weight:2.11 Pounds
Author Biography
Rabelais, Francois (Author)
One of the leading humanist writers of the French Renaissance, Rabelais was at first a Franciscan and then a Benedictine monk, a celebrated physician and professor of anatomy, and later cure of Meudon. The works of Rabelais are filled with life to the overflowing, hence the term "Rabelaisian." His principal protagonists, Gargantua and his son, Pantagruel, are appropriately giants, not only in size, but also in spirit and action. The five books of their adventures are separate works, containing, in different measure, adventures, discussions, farcical scenes, jokes, games, satires, philosophical commentaries, and anything else that a worldly, learned man of genius such as Rabelais could pour into his work. His style is innovative and idiosyncratic, marked by humorous neologisms made up from the learned languages, Greek and Latin, side by side with the most earthy, humble, and rough words of the street and barnyard. His Gargantua, published in 1534, satirizes the traditional education of Parisian theologians and, in the Abbe de Theleme episode, recommends a free, hedonistic society of handsome young men and women in contrast to the restrictive life of monasticism. The gigantic scope of Rabelais's work also reflects the Renaissance thirst for encyclopedic knowledge. 020



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