The Charm of Catastrophe A Study of Rabelais's Quart Livre / by Alice Fiola Berry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berry, Alice Fiola.

Series:

North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; Number 267.

North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures ; Number 267

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? Gargantua et Pantagruel--4e livre.

Rabelais, Francois.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : U.N.C. Dept. of Romance Languages, 2000.

Summary:

Published in two parts in 1548 and 1552, Le Quart Livre is Rabelais's last book of certain authenticity and his most difficult and mysterious work.In it, Pantagruel and Panurge undertake a sea voyage and a quest for "the word of the Divine Bottle," but the islands they visit along the way are inhabited by strange beings whose nature and.

Contents:

Cover

THE CHARM OF CATASTROPHE: A STUDY OF RABELAIS'S QUART LIVRE

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS OF LE QUART LIVRE

CHAPTER ONE: PROLOGUES AND THE PROBLEM OF THE MIX

CHAPTER TWO: "L'ISLE MEDAMOTHI": RABELAIS'S ITINERARIES OF ANXIETY

CHAPTER THREE: INFERNAL BANQUETS

1. Points of Departure

2. Dindenault, Panurge, and the Death of the Lamb

3. Pigs in High Places: Les Chiquanous

4. Pigs and Snakes and the Reversible World: Les Andouilles of "l'isle Farouche

5. The Hunger Artist: Messer Gaster

6. The Poet in the Kitchen

CHAPTER FOUR: THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: IMAGES OF READING AND WRITING IN LE QUART LIVRE

1. The Land of Death and of Writing

2. The Land of False Faith

3. Frozen Versus Thawed Words

4. "Le Mot de la Dive Bouteille

CHAPTER FIVE: DARK BIRTHS: RABELAIS'S ENACTMENT OF MALE MATERNITY

1. Eating Wind: "l'isle Ennasin," "I'isle de Ruach" and Bringuenarilles

2. Quaresmeprenant, Antiphysie, and "Les Andouilles

3. Les Papefigues

4. The Carnival Child

CONCLUSION: THE CHARM OF CATASTROPHE

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-170).

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ISBN:

1-4696-4159-3

OCLC:

1080549776