The Design of Rabelais's Pantagruel

Duval, Edwin M.

ISBN 10: 0300048033 / ISBN 13: 9780300048032

Published by Yale University Press, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Design of Rabelais's Pantagruel
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300048033
• ISBN 13: 9780300048032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Theory / Criticism / & History

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Synopsis

This is a systematic investigation of the earliest work of Rabelais' Pantagrueline epics. Combining textual analysis with attention to intellectual, cultural and literary contexts, Duval shows that, contrary to popular opinion, the "Pantagruel" is a coherent work in which every episode is indispensable to the whole. By considering the place and function of each episode within the work's larger design, Duval solves many old cruxes of Rabelais criticism and discovers new meanings. In concluding, he demonstrates that the "Pantagruel's" low style and popular culture are integrated into its redemptive design and essential to its radically evangelical purpose.