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Author Hayes, E. Bruce.

Title Rabelais's radical farce : late medieval comic theater and its function in Rabelais / E. Bruce Hayes
Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 188 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Part I: the world of farce: the ethics and ethos of farce; tant de langaige: the languages of farce -- Part II: Rabelais's radical farce: humanist satirical farce in Pantagruel and Gargantua; unresolved farces and "tragicques farce": Tiers and Quart livres -- Conclusion
Summary By tracing the evolution of farce from Pantagruel and Gargantua through the Tiers and Quart livres, Bruce Hayes makes an important contribution to the understanding of Rabelais' writing, and of farce's literary possibilities. He distinguishes Rabelais's use of farce from the conservative tradition, showing how the French writer used it as a vehicle to attack the status quo and to suggest alternatives to contemporary legal, educational, and theological systems
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? -- Criticism and interpretation
Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? Pantagruel.
Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? Gargantua.
Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? Gargantua et Pantagruel. 3e livre.
Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? Gargantua et Pantagruel. 4e livre.
SUBJECT Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? fast
Gargantua et Pantagruel (Rabelais, François) fast
Gargantua (Rabelais, François) fast
Pantagruel (Rabelais, François) fast
Subject French drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism
Farce -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Drama.
Farce
French drama (Comedy)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781409423959
1409423956
9781317072300
1317072308