000			02213nam a2200265 a 4500
001			027739
005			20231009192526.0
008			150827s19911991caua b s001 0 eng
020			_a9780520064010
050	0	0	_aPQ1685.E5 _bF73 1991
082	1		_a847 RAB _2
100	1		_aRabelais, Francois _d(, 1490-1553)
245	1	4	_aThe complete works of François Rabelais _c/ translated from the French by Donald M. Frame ; with a foreword by Raymond C. La Charité.
260			_aBerkeley, CA _b: University of California Press _c, c1991.
300			_a1067 p. _c; 24 cm.
500			_aA Centennial book.
500			_aA Wake Forest studium book.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 807-945).
520	3		_aRip-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.
546			_aTranslated from the French to English.
600	1	4	_aRabelais, François _d(1490 - 1553?) _v--Translations into English.
700	1		_aFrame, Donald M.
942			_cMO
999			_c240578 _d240578