Interpretations of Rabelais

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    • Parkin, John

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Interpretations of Rabelais

John Parkin

(Studies in French literature, v. 59)

E. Mellen Press, c2002

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Bibliography: p. [210]-215

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Description

This approach draws on theories of dialogue, reader-response and free interpretation. It includes an analysis of the patterns of humour linking Rabelais with Guillaume Coquillart, readings from "Pantagruel", "Gargantua", "Tiers livre" and "Quart livre", a re-examination of Bakhtin's reading of Rabelais, and a chapter on Rabelais' aesthetics of variety and the unauthenticated "Cinquieme livre".

Table of Contents

  • Rabelais and Coquillart
  • Pantagruel, the early years
  • two wars compared
  • Pantagruel, the latter years
  • the Bakhtin question
  • polytechnics in the "Cinquieme livre".

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