Gargantua and Pantagruel
François Rabelais
(Author)
Burton Raffel
(Translator)
Description
Rabelais's vigorous examination of the life of his times-from bizarre battles to great drinking bouts, from satire on religion and education to matter-of-fact descriptions of bodily functions and desires-is one of the great comic masterpieces of literature.Product Details
Price
$31.95
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
September 17, 1991
Pages
640
Dimensions
5.5 X 1.5 X 8.5 inches | 1.75 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393308068
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About the Author
Burton Raffel is Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Emeritus. He is the translator of many works, including Gargantua and Pantagruel (awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize), Pere Goriot, Beowulf, and the five romances of Chrétien de Troyes.
Reviews
Grand to see this new rendition of a work full of what life is all about and translated with an equal authenticity.--J. P. Donleavy
Raffel has done the impossible. . . . [He] has produced a text which is amazingly true to the meaning and the linguistic gusto of the original.--Alain Renoir
[Raffel] has provided us with a classic work, restored to its original complexity, humor, and gusto.
Raffel has done the impossible. . . . [He] has produced a text which is amazingly true to the meaning and the linguistic gusto of the original.--Alain Renoir
[Raffel] has provided us with a classic work, restored to its original complexity, humor, and gusto.
