The Cambridge Companion to Rabelais

Book Overview

The Franciscan monk, humanist and physician Fran ois Rabelais, who flourished in sixteenth-century France, is widely considered as the Renaissance's greatest comic writer. His work - including most notably Gargantua and Pantagruel - continues to enthral readers with its complex and delicately crafted humour. 'Rabelaisian' and 'Gargantuan' have entered the lexicon but are often misunderstood; this Companion explains the literary and historical reality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521687284
• ISBN13: 9780521687287
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"