Father Figures : Genealogy and Narrative Structure in Rabelais / Carla Freccero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freccero, Carla, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literary Studies.

Local Subjects:

Literary Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Father Figures offers a new reading of Rabelais's five books in terms of a key aspect of Renaissance culture—the concern with genealogy and particularly with filiation, the son's inheritance of a paternal legacy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prologue: The Author’s Excuse

1. Introduction: Allegories of Filiation

2. Pantagruel: Genealogy and Filial Succession

3. Gargantua: Inheriting the Father

4. Theleme: Temporality, Utopia, Supplement

5. The Quest

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3466-0

OCLC:

1178769763