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Gargantua : the most horrific life of the great Gargantua, father of Pantagruel / François Rabelais ; translated by Andrew Brown ; [foreword by Paul Bailey].
- Title
- Gargantua : the most horrific life of the great Gargantua, father of Pantagruel / François Rabelais ; translated by Andrew Brown ; [foreword by Paul Bailey].
- Author
- Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?
- Publication
- London : Hesperus, 2003.
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- Description
- xvii, 151 p.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "Gargantua is born into a long line of eminent giants, and his birth - through his mother's ear, after an overindulgence in tripes - recalls the fabled nativities of the gods of old. Such an auspicious beginning can only herald an equally auspicious life, and it is a life we are led through in remarkable detail, from his early show of genius, by the invention of the best of all possible arse-wipes, through his wide-ranging education, to his adult life and adventures." "Rabelais's hero, the father of his other great invention, Pantagruel, grows up to be a learned, humane and courageous giant, confronting the dual perils of sophistry and foreign aggression. Filled with hilarious and surreal episodes, such as the bell theft of Notre-Dame and the cake-makers' war, together with a generous dose of bawdy and bodily humour, Rabalais's Gargantua equals Pantagruel in wit, warmth and humanistic inventiveness, and offers a striking burlesque on the vacuousness and hypocrisy of his contemporary society."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- 100 pages
- Uniform Title
- Gargantua. French & French (Middle French)
- 100 pages
- Alternative Title
- Gargantua.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Note
- "Composed once upon a time by M. Alcofribas, the abstractor of the quintessence. A book full of pantaguelism. Available in Lyons, at François Juste's bookshop, near Our Lady of Comfort".
- Originally published: 1534.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 1843910578 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2004484230
- OCLC
- 52946746
- SCSB-12033528
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library