Rabelais's hilarious, scabrous and often scatological fantasy of life amonth the monks and friars of sixteenth-century France remains a satirical and comic classic. A great broth of a book in which every conceivable literary form is parodied and every human desire satirized. But under the comedy there is a serious purpose, for Rabelais also enspouses a positive view of life in which tolerance, goodness, understanding and wisdom are opposed to dogmatism, pride and cruelty. The book is here presented in the classic translation by Urquhart and Motteux.
By:
Francois Rabelais Introduction by:
Terence Cave Translated by:
Sir Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux Imprint: Everyman Hardcovers Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: New edition Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 134mm,
Spine: 46mm
Weight: 884g ISBN:9781857151817 ISBN 10: 185715181X Series:Everyman's Library CLASSICS Pages: 807 Publication Date:15 June 1994 Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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A / AS level
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
