Rabelais, franc-macon
Author: Paul Naudon
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 518
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Author: Paul Naudon
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 518
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John O'Brien
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 052186786X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn accessible, readable account of Rabelais, his work, his thought and his world.
Author: George Mallary Masters
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1969-01-01
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780873950398
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this study, Professor Masters looks beyond the few critical attempts that heretofore have analyzed only isolated aspects of Platonism and Hermetism in Rabelaisian literature. He examines the closely related themes of Platonism, the Dionysian mysteries, and the Hermetic sciences in Rabelais's work and concludes that Rabelais shared with the Platonic-Hermetic tradition both its dialectic and perception of man's position in the universe. In the perspective of Platonic dialectic, Professor Masters analyzes Rabelaisian allegory, symbolism, and imagery as a play on appearance and reality. Through the allegorical myths of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Rabelais rejects the seemingly dichotomous extremes of materialism and ascetic spiritualism, while his philosophy of Pantagrue?lisme shows a positive acceptance of both the physical world and contemplative thought. Through the symbolism of wine, Rabelais manifests the Platonic ideal of Love-Harmony-Order on the literal level of conviviality, in the philosophical dialogue of the symposium, and in the intuitive dialectic of Socratic contemplation. In Rabelais's view, man can achieve self-knowledge only through reasonable control and by actively establishing a balance with society, nature, and God. The magus may diabolically use the "sciences" of astrology, magic, alchemy, and the Cabala in an attempt to subject the world to his own will, or he may achieve unity with himself and his total environment by restoring in himself the harmonious order he finds in the cosmos. In an appendix, Professor Masters examines the continuity of the several themes of the Platonic-Hermetic tradition as they occur in the five books of the Rabelaisian corpus. He concludes, as two corollaries of the main thesis, that their constant recurrence demonstrates the thematic unity of the five books and the authenticity of Book Five.
Author: François Rabelais
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Published: 1897
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Barbara C. Bowen
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780826513069
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrancois Rabelais (1483?-1553) is a difficult and often misunderstood author, whose reputation for coarse "Rabelaisian" jesting and "Gargantuan" indulgence in food, drink, and sex is highly misleading. He was in fact a committed humanist who expressed strong views on religion, good government, education, and much more through the mock-heroic adventures of his giants. While most books about Rabelais have relatively little to say about his comedic genius, Enter Rabelais, Laughing analyses the many sides of Rabelais's humor, focusing on why his writing was so hilariously funny to sixteenth-century readers. The author begins by discussing how the Renaissance defined laughter and situates Rabelais in a long tradition of literary laughter. Subsequent chapters examine specific contexts relevant to Gargantua and Pantagruel, beginning with the comic aspects of epic, chronicle, mock-epic, and farce, and proceeding to Renaissance and Reformation humanist satire, rhetoric, medicine, and law. All of these chapters combine information, much of it new, on the humanist message Rabelais wanted to convey to his readers, with an analysis of how he used his wit to reinforce his message. Rarely is a writer's work treated in such illuminating detail. On a broad level, Enter Rabelais, Laughing serves as an excellent introduction to French Renaissance literature and exhibits a remarkably charming and lucid writing style, free of jargon. To Rabelais scholars in particular it offers a thorough and innovative analysis that corrects misconceptions and questions commonly held views.
Author: François Rabelais
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Published: 1807
Total Pages: 414
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 646
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gregory de Rocher
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: François Rabelais
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 694
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Published: 1694
Total Pages: 1083
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