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Pantagruel : King of the Dipsodes restored to his natural state with his dreadful deeds and exploits written by the late M. Alcofribas, abstractor of the quintessence / François Rabelais ; translated by Andrew Brown ; [foreword by Paul Bailey]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?
- Series:
- 100 pages
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Giants (Folklore)--Fiction.
- Giants (Folklore).
- Giants.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 129 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hesperus, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- Pantagruel recounts the life of a popular giant. From his portentous birth and colorful childhood, to his visit to Paris and his travels through Utopia, and not withstanding his enormous appetite, Pantagruel's history is told with a breathtaking degree of gaiety and wit. Ingeniously coining new expressions, and with an unashamed obsession with bodily functions, Rabelais blends prose and poetry, the sacred and profane, to offer a heady satire of the religious society of his day. Physician and humanist Franois Rabelais (c. 1494-1553) was a leading figure in Renaissance France.
- ISBN:
- 184391056X
- OCLC:
- 52946766
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