François Rabelais - Wikipedia
WEBFrançois Rabelais (UK: / ˈ r æ b ə l eɪ / RAB-ə-lay, US: / ˌ r æ b ə ˈ l eɪ /- LAY, French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʁablɛ]; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author.
François Rabelais | Biography, Works, & Facts | Britannica
WEBMay 27, 2024 · François Rabelais (born c. 1483–94, Seuilly, near Chinon, France—died probably April 9, 1553, Paris) was known to his contemporaries as an eminent physician and humanist. Today, he is remembered as the French writer responsible for the comic masterpiece Gargantua and Pantagruel, which was published between 1532 and 1564.
Gargantua and Pantagruel - Wikipedia
WEBThe Five Books of the Lives and Deeds of Gargantua and Pantagruel (French: Les Cinq livres des faits et dits de Gargantua et Pantagruel), often shortened to Gargantua and Pantagruel or the Cinq Livres (Five Books), is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais.
François Rabelais — Wikipédia
WEBFrançois Rabelais (également connu sous deux anagrammes de son nom : Alcofribas Nasier ou bien Serafin Calobarsy — où « Françoys » est écrit en ancien français), né à la Devinière à Seuilly, près de Chinon (dans l'ancienne province de Touraine), en 1483 ou en 1494 selon les sources, et mort à Paris le 9 avril 1553, est un ...
François Rabelais - New World Encyclopedia
WEBFrançois Rabelais (c. 1494 - April 9, 1553) was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor, and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, dirty jokes, bawdy songs, and anarchism. His work was highly original, in both subject matter and quality.
François Rabelais summary | Britannica
WEBMay 25, 2024 · François Rabelais, (born c. 1483–94, Seuilly, France—died probably April 9, 1553, Paris), French writer, doctor, and priest. After apparently studying law, he took holy orders as a Franciscan but later, because of a dispute, removed to a Benedictine house.
François Rabelais - Renaissance and Reformation - Oxford …
WEBFeb 26, 2020 · As the first great French prose author, Rabelais straddles the divide between his indebtedness to Greco-Latin, medieval, and contemporary traditions and the modernity of his style, preoccupations, and approaches.
Rabelais, François ca. 1494–1553 French Humanist and Writer
WEBRabelais, François ca. 1494–1553 French humanist and writer. Although he is best known as a writer of satire*, French author François Rabelais pursued many careers in his lifetime. At various times, he was a monk, a doctor, …
Francois Rabelais | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 23, 2018 · Rabelais, François (1494–1553) French humanist and satirist. Rabelais is famed for his classic series of satires, now known collectively as Gargantua and Pantagruel. The series itself consists of Pantagruel (1532), Gargantua (1534), Le Tiers Livre (1546), Le Quart Livre (1552) and Le Cinquième Livre (1564).
Rabelais, François | Encyclopedia.com
WEBA prominent influence on writers from Laurence Sterne to James Joyce, Rabelais has been described as “the miracle of the sixteenth century” by Anatole France, and is often considered the French equivalent of William Shakespeare and one of the half-dozen or so giants of world literature.
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