Description
These bawdy and boisterous tales, with their fixation on food and faeces, are not just entertaining yarns, as Francois 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.
About the Author
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
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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9781847497406
Author Francois Rabelais
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Alma Classics
Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 370g