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Gargantua and Pantagruel (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Gargantua and Pantagruel (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) - Hardcover

by François Rabelais
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Availability:In StockContributor:Francois RabelaisPublish date:2022-11-18Pages:908
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Royal ClassicsISBN-13:9781774769737ISBN-10:1774769735UPC:9781774769737Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World Literature, Fantasy, ClassicsBook Topic:France, HumorousSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 2.19 inchesWeight:3.29Product ID:SCX4WQ4JBW

Gargantua and Pantagruel is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century telling the adventures of two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. The work is written in an amusing, extravagant, and satirical vein; features much erudition, vulgarity, and wordplay; and is regularly compared with that of Shakespeare and James Joyce.

The work was stigmatised as obscene by the censors of the Collège de la Sorbonne, and, within a social climate of increasing religious oppression in a lead up to the French Wars of Religion, it was treated with suspicion, and contemporaries avoided mentioning it. Rabelais' fame and influence increased after Thomas Urquhart translated the books into English. Rabelais is now seen as a great comic genius and a master of satire.

This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian-inspired dust jacket.


Languages:EnglishPublisher:Royal ClassicsISBN-13:9781774769737ISBN-10:1774769735UPC:9781774769737Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World Literature, Fantasy, ClassicsBook Topic:France, HumorousSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 2.19 inchesWeight:3.29Product ID:SCX4WQ4JBW
Rabelais, Francois: - "Francois Rabelais (between 1483 and 1494 - 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk, and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of satire, grotesque, bawdy jokes, and songs. Because of his literary power and historical importance, Western literary critics consider him one of the great writers of world literature and among the creators of modern European writing. His best-known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel."
Publisher: Royal Classics

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