The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel

Gargantua and Pantagruel: The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel

Literature & Fiction

Rabelais,Francois

Humor & Satire

Penguin Classics

A masterly new translation of Rabelais’s robust scatalogical comedy Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua’s bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.

Gargantua and Pantagruel

Dramas & Plays

The Life of Gargantua and the Heroic Deeds of Pantagruel: From the French of Rabelais

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Urquhart, Thomas

Biographies & Memoirs

Franklin Classics Trade Press

Biting and bawdy, smart and smutty, lofty and low, Gargantua and Pantagruel is fantasy on the grandest of scales, told with an unquenchable thirst for all of human experience. Rabelais's vigorous examination of the life of his times-from bizarre battles to great drinking bouts, from satire on religion and education to matter-of-fact descriptions of bodily functions and desires-is one of the great comic masterpieces of literature.

W.W.Norton&Company

Consisting of five books, this masterpiece is Rabelais' magnum opus. It chronicles different events in the life of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. Using his learned wit and biting satire as a facade, Rabelais discusses several serious issues. The apparent humour and brilliant use of language offers pure reading pleasure. Entertaining and profound! This editon is in 2 volumes. The Second volume isbn is  9781425044312.

Gargantua and Pantagruel: v. 1 (Everyman's Library)

Lewis, D. B. Wyndham (intro.)

Classics

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.

First published in four volumes between 1532 and 1552, Rabelais' comic masterpiece chronicles the adventures of a giant, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel. More than four centuries later, the terms "gargantuan" and "Rabelaisian" are synonymous with earthy humor, a surfeit of good food and drink, and pleasures of the flesh. This series of exaggerated fables was condemned upon its initial publication by the censors of the Collège de la Sorbonne. But beneath their bawdy, often scatological wit, the tales bear a deeper significance as the author's defense of daring and groundbreaking ideas. Using his ribald humor, Rabelais addresses timeless issues of education, politics, and philosophy. His parodies of classic authors as well as his own contemporaries offer a hilarious exposé of human folly and an enduring satire of history, literature, religion, and culture. This edition features the classic translation by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Pierre le Motteux.

Gargantua and Pantagruel (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)

Dover Publications

Rip-roaring and rib-tickling, François Rabelais's irreverent story of the giant Gargantua, his giant son Pantagruel, and their companion Panurge is a classic of the written word. This complete translation by Donald Frame, helpfully annotated for the nonspecialist, is a masterpiece in its own right, bringing to twentieth-century English all the exuberance and invention of the original sixteenth-century French. A final part containing all the rest of Rabelais's known writings, including his letters, supplements the five books traditionally known as Gargantua and Pantagruel. This great comic narrative, written in hugely popular installments over more than two decades, was unsparingly satirical of scholarly pomposity and the many abuses of religious, legal, and political power. The books were condemned at various times by the Sorbonne and narrowly escaped being banned. Behind Rabelais's obvious pleasure in lampooning effete erudition and the excesses of society is the humanist's genuine love of knowledge and belief in the basic goodness of human nature. The bawdy wit and uninhibited zest for life that characterize his unlikely trio of travelers have delighted readers and inspired other writers ever since the exploits of Gargantua and Pantagruel first appeared.

The Complete Works of Francois Rabelais

History & Criticism

University of California Press

The Life Of Gargantua And The Heroic Deeds Of Pantagruel

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The Life of Gargantua and the Heroic Deeds of Pantagruel

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Kessinger Publishing

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The Works Of Rabelais

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Volume 1

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Gargantua and Pantagruel: The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel

Gargantua and Pantagruel

The Life of Gargantua and the Heroic Deeds of Pantagruel: From the French of Rabelais

Gargantua and Pantagruel

Gargantua and Pantagruel: v. 1 (Everyman's Library)

Gargantua and Pantagruel (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)

The Complete Works of Francois Rabelais

The Life of Gargantua and the Heroic Deeds of Pantagruel

The Works Of Rabelais

Gargantua and Pantagruel