A Companion to François Rabelais

By Bernd Renner and CUNY Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center

Winner of the 2022 SCSC Bainton Prize for Reference Works

A Companion to Fran ois Rabelais offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the works of Fran ois 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, Fran ois Cornilliat, Marie-Luce Demonet, Diane Desrosiers, Mireille Huchon, Elsa Kammerer, Jelle Koopmans, Claude La Charit , Nicolas Le Cadet, Frank Lestringant, Romain Menini, G rard Milhe Poutingon, Marie-Claire Thomine, Jean-Charles Monferran, John Parkin, Jeff Persels, Anne-Pascale Pouey-Mounou, Michael Randall, Paul J. Smith, and Walter Stephens.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004360034
• ISBN13: 9789004360037
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 623 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"