Rabelais's radical farce : late medieval comic theater and its function in Rabelais / E. Bruce Hayes.
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 conservat...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
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2010.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 188 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409423959 1409423956 9781317072300 1317072308 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |