Gargantua and Pantagruel / François Rabelais ; translated and edited with an introduction and notes by M. A. Screech.

By: Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? [author.]Contributor(s): Screech, M. A. (Michael Andrew) [translator, eeditor.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Penguin classicsLondon : Penguin Books, 2006Description: xlvi, 1041 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780140445503 (paperback)Uniform titles: Gargantua et Pantagruel. English Subject(s): Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? -- Translations into English | Gargantua (Legendary character) -- Fiction | Giants -- FictionLOC classification: PQ1685.E5 S37 2006
Contents:
Pantagruel -- Pantagrueline prognostication for 1535 -- Prefaces of almanacs for 1533 and 1535 -- Gargantua -- Almanac for 1536 -- The third book of Pantagruel -- Preface to the fourth book of Pantagruel (1548) -- The fourth book of Pantagruel (1552) -- The fifth book of Pantagruel
Review: "The dazzling and exuberant comic 'Chronicles' of Rabelais (c. 1483-1552) are a feast of wisdom and laughter. Realism intertwines with carnivalesque fantasy, Renaissance learning with obscene humour to make readers look at the world afresh. Pantagruel, a tale of comic chivalry, satirizes lawyers, theologians and academic buffoons, while Gargantua mocks rash generals, idiotic monarchs and uncouth professors. It champions freedom and laughs at a dirty young giant before he turns into a splendid prince. Sequels lead into more complex and daring laughter and high mythology, often at the expense of Panurge - the mad, word-spinning companion of Pantagruel (who becomes a giant in wisdom, a Renaissance Socrates)."Summary: "M. A. Screech's translation captures Rabelais' ingenious wordplay and mastery of language. The introduction explores his individuality while comparing him to Shakespeare, and presents each book to open up the new horizons of Renaissance Europe. This edition also includes a chronology and notes."--Jacket
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Includes bibliographical references.

Pantagruel -- Pantagrueline prognostication for 1535 -- Prefaces of almanacs for 1533 and 1535 -- Gargantua -- Almanac for 1536 -- The third book of Pantagruel -- Preface to the fourth book of Pantagruel (1548) -- The fourth book of Pantagruel (1552) -- The fifth book of Pantagruel

"The dazzling and exuberant comic 'Chronicles' of Rabelais (c. 1483-1552) are a feast of wisdom and laughter. Realism intertwines with carnivalesque fantasy, Renaissance learning with obscene humour to make readers look at the world afresh. Pantagruel, a tale of comic chivalry, satirizes lawyers, theologians and academic buffoons, while Gargantua mocks rash generals, idiotic monarchs and uncouth professors. It champions freedom and laughs at a dirty young giant before he turns into a splendid prince. Sequels lead into more complex and daring laughter and high mythology, often at the expense of Panurge - the mad, word-spinning companion of Pantagruel (who becomes a giant in wisdom, a Renaissance Socrates)."

"M. A. Screech's translation captures Rabelais' ingenious wordplay and mastery of language. The introduction explores his individuality while comparing him to Shakespeare, and presents each book to open up the new horizons of Renaissance Europe. This edition also includes a chronology and notes."--Jacket

Translated from French