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Pantagruel : King of the Dipsodes restored to his natural state with his dreadful deeds and exploits written by the late M. Alcofribas, abstractor of the quintessence / François Rabelais ; translated by Andrew Brown ; [foreword by Paul Bailey].

Title
Pantagruel : King of the Dipsodes restored to his natural state with his dreadful deeds and exploits written by the late M. Alcofribas, abstractor of the quintessence / François Rabelais ; translated by Andrew Brown ; [foreword by Paul Bailey].
Author
Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?
Publication
London : Hesperus, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Brown, Andrew, Dr.
  • Brown, Andrew (Literary translator)
Description
xviii, 129 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
"From his mythical lineage and portentous birth, it is clear that Pantagruel is destined to be a very special giant. His adventures, his exploits and even his friends - most notably the lecherous, foul-mouthed Panurge - are all larger than life. Yet despite the hyperbolic and disproportionate nature of anything connected to him, Pantagruel's history is told with breathtaking lightness and wit. Filling his pages with ingenious new coinages, and an unashamed obsession with the scatological side of life, Rabelais blends prose and poetry, the sacred and the profane, to offer a heady satire of the religious society of his day."--Jacket.
Series Statement
100 pages
Uniform Title
  • Pantagruel. English
  • 100 pages
Alternative Title
Pantagruel.
Subject
Giants (Folklore) > Fiction
Genre/Form
Fiction
Language (note)
  • Translated from the French.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Pantagruel -- Notes.
ISBN
184391056X
LCCN
^^2004484231
OCLC
  • 52946766
  • SCSB-11473551
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library