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Although most modern editions of Rabelais' work place Pantagruel as the second volume of a series, it was actually published first, around 1532 under the pen name "Alcofribas Nasier", [9] an anagram of François Rabelais.
Rabelais is widely known for the first two volumes relating the childhoods of the giants Gargantua and Pantagruel written in the style of bildungsroman; his later works—the Third Book (which prefigures the philosophical novel) and the Fourth Book are considerably more erudite in tone.
François Rabelais (born c. 1483–94, died 1553) was a French author who wrote the comic masterpiece Gargantua and Pantagruel. His literary works are known for their creative exuberance and their colorful and wide-ranging vocabulary.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, collective title of five comic novels by François Rabelais, published between 1532 and 1564. The novels present the comic and satiric story of the giant Gargantua and his son Pantagruel, and various companions, whose travels and adventures are a vehicle for ridicule of the.
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His work – including most notably Gargantua and Pan-tagruel – continues to enthral readers with its complex and delicately crafted humor. “Rabelaisian” and “Gargantuan” have entered the lexicon but are often misunderstood; this Companion explains the literary and historical real-ity behind these notions.
Jan 28, 2011 · As the secretary and doctor of two intimates of the king (Guillaume and Jean du Bellay), Rabelais, after the publication of Pantagruel and Gargantua, found himself drawn into a political humanism whosemilitant character is clear from Book 4.
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Complete summary of François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Gargantua and Pantagruel.
