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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Brown studied at the University of Cambridge! where he taught French for many years. He now works as a freelance teacher and translator. Paul Bailey has so far written eight novels! a memoir! a biography and edited several anthologies. He is also a frequent contributor to Radio and TV and works as a critic and reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and other newspapers. Klappentext As a companion volume to "Pantagruel," this new edition of "Gargantua" continues Rabelais' acclaimed fantasy of a mythical family of giants. "Gargantua" introduces Pantagruel's father--another wondrous giant. As he tells Gargantua's life story from his birth and education to his later life, Rabelais uses the events of the giant's life to parody medieval and classical learning, mock traditional ecclesiastical authority, and proffer his own thoughts on humanism and society. Marked with the same warm humor, obsession with food, and scatological wit of "Pantagruel," "Gargantua" is a further striking burlesque on Rabelais' contemporaries and a glorious outpouring of Renaissance plenitude. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Paul Bailey; Introduction; Gargantua; Notes; Biographical note
