10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PANTAGRUELIC»
Discover the use of
Pantagruelic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Pantagruelic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Visit to the Ranquel Indians:
"Pantagruelic friars": an allusion to the well-known satirical "chronicles" by
Francois Rabelais (1494-1553), first translated into English by Sir Thomas Urqu-
hart in the second half of the seventeenth century (1653, 1693) under the title of ...
2
The Cambridge Companion to Rabelais
... the world affected by Diogenes, who was also a disciple of Socrates. The
equivalence between Diogenic Cynicism and the Pantagruelic outlook is made in
the prologue to Book 3: “[I am going to draw] a merry fourth, of Pantagruelic
sayings ...
3
What Voltaire Tries to Tell Us: The Esoteric Substance of ...
As the worthy resident of a Pantagruelic domain—the “pays de Cocagne”
bordering on Normandy—the Prior does honor to a fine table. But his indulgence
is not excessive. He has had his share of amorous pleasure in his day. But age
and a ...
... method of sublunary exodus it is to be hoped that our hero, if he at all die,
contrary to all Pantagruelic philosophy, will find comfortable, and not exposed to
the recording avidities of a hifalutin Bob- Acres Greeley, or grandiloquent
Mansfield.
5
Best of France 2011-2012: Sights, Hotels , Restaurants
This imposing 19thc. building set in the heart of a green park offers pure
enjoyment: a comfortable room in a period house, and a delicious and often
surprising cuisine that is a real Pantagruelic feast of new flavours. indulge
yourself!
Hélène Murray, Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, 2011
6
The Dublin University Magazine
friends. Wine ho took sparingly, fresh meat seldom, but piles of fruit vanished in
his capacious mouth, the bases of pyramids of choice pears and peaches were
soon left bare. He talked little at table, but he would burst into Pantagruelic
laughs ...
This imposing 19thc. building set in the heart of a green park offers pure
enjoyment : a comfortable room in a period house, and a delicious and often
surprising cuisine that is a real Pantagruelic feast of new flavours. Indulge
yourself!
This painting,” exclaims (we translate) Miohelet, “is a Pantagruelic (bufl'o-satiric)
achievement of a burlesque sublimity which would have enchanted the caustic
Rabelais. This Gargantua in size seems half whale and half human. IIis large ...
9
The City of the Saints: And Across the Rocky Mountains to ...
Mormon (uopuaiu) signifies literally a lamia, a maniola, a female spectre; the
mandrill, for its ugliness, was called Cynocephalus mormon. “ Mormon,”
according to Mr. Joseph Smith's Mormonic, or rather Pantagruelic interpretation,
is the best— ...
Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1861
ready for the pantagruelic feast. Benedict never had such an experience in his
entire life: sitting on the grass, eating any type of barbecued meat to his heart's
content, drinking beer or wine, and listening to tales of days gone by. There was
no ...
