Pantagruel and Gargantua: Newly Translated and Annotated (Alma Classics Evergreens)

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François Rabelais Andrew Brown

Pantagruel and Gargantua

Newly Translated and Annotated (Alma Classics Evergreens)

François Rabelais, Andrew Brown

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English

Alma Edizioni
03 June 2019

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

Series: Evergreens

With his birth itself a monumental exploit in itself, it is clear that the giant Pantagruel is destined to great things, and the novel that bears his name chronicles his the remarkable life of the exuberant youth: from his voracious reading habits to his escapades with the knave Panurge and his prowess in battle. The second work in this volume deals with the history of his father Gargantua, whose biography is equally if not more outlandish and larger than life.

But these bawdy and boisterous tales, with their fixation on food and faeces, are not just entertaining yarns, as François Rabelais, one of the foremost humanists of the sixteenth century, parodies medieval learning, lambasts the established church authority and develops his own ideal visions for the ordering of society.

By: François Rabelais
Translated by: Andrew Brown
Imprint: Alma Edizioni
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9781847497406
ISBN 10: 1847497403
Series: Evergreens
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 June 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The monk and French Renaissance polymath Francois Rabelais (c.1494-1553), best known for his novels Pantagruel and Gargantua, is considered one of the greatest writers of early-modern European literature.

Reviews for Pantagruel and Gargantua: Newly Translated and Annotated (Alma Classics Evergreens)

Andrew Brown... creates a wholly credible, modern, reinvigorated Rabelais who still jumps off the page after more than 450 years. * TLS * Long before there was James Joyce, there was the experimental literary chaos of Rabelais. * The Guardian *