A Companion to François Rabelais
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-36003-7 (ISBN)
Winner of the 2022 SCSC Bainton Prize for Reference Works
A Companion to François Rabelais offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the works of François Rabelais, one of the most influential writers of the Western literary tradition. A monk, medical doctor, translator and editor, Rabelais embodies the ideals of Renaissance humanism. His genre-bending fiction combines vast erudition, comic verve, and critical observations of all spheres of contemporary life that are relevant to this day.
Two sections of this volume situate Rabelais’s work in the larger social, political, and literary context of his time. A third section gives concise interpretations of each of the five books of the Pantagrueline Chronicles.
The contributors are eminent scholars of early modern literature. They include: Tom Conley, François Cornilliat, Marie-Luce Demonet, Diane Desrosiers, Mireille Huchon, Elsa Kammerer, Jelle Koopmans, Claude La Charité, Nicolas Le Cadet, Frank Lestringant, Romain Menini, Gérard Milhe Poutingon, Marie-Claire Thomine, Jean-Charles Monferran, John Parkin, Jeff Persels, Anne-Pascale Pouey-Mounou, Michael Randall, Paul J. Smith, and Walter Stephens.
Bernd Renner, Ph.D. (Princeton, 2000) is Professor of French at CUNY (Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center). He has published three books and numerous articles on early modern literature, most notably on Rabelais, on Marot, and on satire.
List of Figures
Abbreviations of the Most Common Journals
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Why Read Rabelais Now?
Bernd Renner
Part 1 Life and Context
1 Rabelais in His Time
Mireille Huchon
2 Rabelais and Medicine
Claude La Charité
3 Rabelais and Religion
Anne-Pascale Pouey-Mounou
4 Rabelais and Politics
Michael Randall
5 Greco-Roman Tradition and Reception
Romain Menini
6 Rabelais and Eloquence
Daniel Ménager (†)
7 Rabelais, Giants, and Folklore
Walter Stephens
8 Rabelais and Travel Literature
Frank Lestringant
9 Rabelais and Theater
Jelle Koopmans
Part 2 The Five Books
10 Pantagruel
Jean Charles Monferran and Marie-Claire Thomine
11 The Prequel Gargantua: An Original Reworking of Pantagruel
Nicolas Le Cadet
12 The Third Book
Diane Desrosiers
13 Interpreting the Fourth Book
Paul J. Smith
14 The Fifth and Last Book (1564)
Gérard Milhe Poutingon
Part 3 Influence, Impact, and Style
15 At the Foot of the Letter, La Pantagrueline Prognostication
Tom Conley
16 Rabelais and Language
Marie-Luce Demonet
17 Missing Women: On the Riddle of Gender Relations in Rabelais’s Fiction
François Cornilliat
18 Between Laughter and Indignation: Rabelais and Militant Writing
Bernd Renner
19 Rabelaisian Humor
John Parkin
20 The World in Pantagruel’s Gut
Jeff Persels
21 Rabelais (Not) Translated (16th to 21st Centuries)
Elsa Kammerer
Bibliography
Index nominum
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.08.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Renaissance Society of America ; 16 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 1187 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-36003-4 / 9004360034 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-36003-7 / 9789004360037 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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